Cupressus Bakeri Care

Does well in tough, sunny situations as long as the soil is well-drained and it gets water until established.

We prune both the tops and the roots of our plants at least once per year while they are growing in our nursery to ensure they develop a strong, dense form. Regular annual pruning goes a long way to ensure a healthy branching structure and this is often a missed step in many nurseries. Pruning a plant back hard after it has been neglected pruning-wise often results in an irregular branch habit or multiple leaders. However, with annual pruning this is not the case and so it is important to start pruning even in the first year of growth. We also prune the roots of our plants every winter which causes them to produce a much more branched structure and helps to elimate tangled masses that hinder future development. Plants that have been root pruned establish themselves much more quickly than root bound plants. Generally, hardwood plants will be pruned in the winter and conifers will be pruned in the summer. Pruning conifers is a little bit trickier because it must be done while the new candles are still young, otherwise it can take an extra year to form a new upright leader bud which slows the next year's growth rate down.

The average, annual, minimum temperature zone where Cupressus bakeri is cold hardy. USDA Zone:7 0° to 10°F (-17.5° to -12.5°C).

It is grows well on serpentine soils. Serpentine soils have high levels of heavy metals in them, which makes them toxic to most plants. Evergreen conifer, small tree, usually less than 50 ft (15 m) but record trees reach over 70 ft (21 m), slow growing, open, spreading branches, aromatic twigs. Bark on the main trunk is reddish-brown, smoothish, often peeling in curling plates.