In the case of my healthy-looking Santa Cruz Cypress, the roots apparently have been doing a good job of delivering nutrients, but a poor job of supporting the tree when the going got tough.

The Lone Cypress is a Monterey cypress tree in Pebble Beach. It stands majestically on a piece of granite mountaintop, inches from the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean. It’s a beautiful sight.

Cypress Lawn Arboretum features the Monterey cypress, a tree that "literally gave roots and ground to the establishment of the city.” ...

Torrey Pines, Monterey Cypress and Aleppo pines were among the city’s encouraged trees in 2005 but many were in poor health, ...

She agreed that there were no large roots cut on the cypress, but the small, fibrous roots were important to the tree’s health.

Correspondent R. Fitch, writing in the Monterey Cypress newspaper, reports that “a solitary tree has sunk its roots in the crevices of the wave-washed rock, and defies the battle of the elements ...

1889: Correspondent R. Fitch, writing in the Monterey Cypress newspaper, reports that “a solitary tree has sunk its roots in the crevices of the wave-washed rock, and defies the battle of the ...

Cypress trees are evergreen trees that can produce woody cones, which contain their seeds. The handful of native species of cypress tree all occur in the Far West, in the United States.

A tree fell in the Presidio. Did anyone hear it? If not, it’s unlikely anyone would’ve also missed the sound of the massive crane hoisting the fallen 90-foot Monterey Cypress out of the park ...

Small but mighty, a lemon cypress tree is a fragrant evergreen that's surprisingly easy to grow as a houseplant.

A pint-sized variety of the Monterey cypress, lemon cypress trees are famous for their unique, chartreuse needles and their refreshing, lemon-like fragrance. While these plants are often used as ...