I am thinking about replacing them with 5-gallon dwarf golden arborvitae because they are smaller and easier to spray. A: I receive a lot of complaints about Italian cypress from people.

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You might recall that when a reader wrote about twin rows of Italian cypress — one established and healthy, the other newer and dying — the SoCal Garden Clinic asked a Pasadena nurseryman to ...

A reader inquired about the care of 20 Italian cypress trees, about 60 years old, on a property he recently purchased. He was excited to have them “sheared and cared for” since they looked ...

A: Italian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) is a narrow evergreen alright, but it's borderline winter-hardy. It's actually rated only to Zone 7, which is a level warmer than our Zone 6.

COMMON NAME: Tiny Tower Italian cypress SPECIES: Cupressus sempervirens Monshelby DESCRIPTION: dwarf form of common Blue Italian cypress. SIZE: 8 feet tall, 2 feet wide after eight years (regular ...

So if the momma is a 10-foot-tall shrub, a dwarf version may still grow 6 or 8 feet tall. Your cypress can be pruned, but I like to do it with hand pruners and cut back each stem to a joint, one ...

The first step in helping ailing Italian cypresses is to determine if the root flare is covered with soil. I planted 40 Italian cypress two years ago. Now some of them look brown and not healthy ...

My Italian cypress are drying out and dying mostly from the top down. They have their own bubblers for water. VIEW E-EDITION. 99¢ for 6 mos. Support local journalism. Only 99¢ for 6 months.