Plant Profile

Cupressus arizonica 'Fastigiata Aurea' (Golden Arizona Cypress)

Golden Arizona Cypress is a relatively smaller type of cypress that has a conic shape, and a dense yellowish folliage.

By sharloch from USA (Cupressus glabra) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Leon Brooks (Public domain images website) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
By Alan Levine from Strawberry, United States (Mondo Juniper Berries) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By sharloch from USA (Cupressus glabra) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

French Name: Cyprès de l'Arizona

Arabic Name: سرو أريزوني

Pronunciation: koo-PRESS-us air-ih-ZAWN-ih-kuh fas-tij-ee-AY-tuh
Plant type: Tree
Origin: Southwestern United States
Heat Zones: 2 to 10

Hardiness Zones: 5 to 10
Uses: Screen, Hedge, Topiary, Specimen, Windbreak
Size/Shape

Growth Rate: Moderate

Tree Shape: Pyramidal

Canopy Symmetry: Symmetrical

Canopy Density: Dense

Canopy Texture: Fine

Height at Maturity: 5 to 8 m

Spread at Maturity: 1 to 1.5 meters, 1.5 to 3 meters

Time to Ultimate Height: 20 to 50 Years

By sharloch from USA (Cupressus glabra) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Leon Brooks (Public domain images website) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
By Alan Levine from Strawberry, United States (Mondo Juniper Berries) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By sharloch from USA (Cupressus glabra) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By sharloch from USA (Cupressus glabra) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Leon Brooks (Public domain images website) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
By Alan Levine from Strawberry, United States (Mondo Juniper Berries) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By sharloch from USA (Cupressus glabra) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons