Living Christmas Tree - Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress

This living Christmas tree in a decorative container is a wonderfully festive accent for your holiday decorating. The tree is rooted in soil and shipped in a decorative 1-gallon burlap container. The red burlap cover is accented with a natural, light brown ribbon bow.

The 1-gallon plant ships in a 1-gallon burlap container cover with an average ship height of 9 - 12 inches tall.

Use it on patios to frame an entrance or bring it inside to flank your fireplace. Add lights or small decorations to complete the look and compliment your existing decor. After the holidays have ended, take your living Christmas tree and plant it in your landscape.

The Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress is a gorgeous privacy tree for all seasons! It produces fragrant scaled foliage that retains its nice silver-blue hue all year long. Additionally, this tree has attractive reddish-brown bark that contrasts nicely with the light-colored leaves. As an evergreen, this Cypress will never leave your landscape short of foliage coverage.

This selection features a more uniform growth habit than other types of Arizona cypress. It grows in a naturally conical form that requires little pruning, making it perfect for a low-maintenance privacy screen.

Don't want to wait forever for a sizable privacy screen? The Carolina Sapphire is a notably fast-growing variety, and it can grow between 12 and 32 inches in a single year!

The Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress is ideal as a wind barrier, privacy screen, holiday specimen, or container plant if pruned a couple of times a year.

Once established, the Carolina Sapphire proves itself to be notably heat and drought tolerant. Furthermore, it has an impressive deer resistance and salt tolerance.

aches a mature size of 40'-50' H x 20-45' W.

Living Christmas Tree Care

Hardy from USDA Zones 6-9.

Plant in Full Sun for best results.

The Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress is tolerant of a range of soil types; however, it prefers soil with good drainage. Due to its tolerance of dry soils, it works well in Xeriscape gardens.

Water 2-3 times a week during the first growing season to ensure that it establishes itself well. Afterward, supplementary water is rarely needed.

Fertilize in early spring with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer. This will help ensure that the plant has everything it needs to continue growing and thriving.