I ve yet to see any serious pest or disease problems with carolina sapphire cypress.
Carolina sapphire cypress diseases.
Annosus root rot is a serious disease that occurs in italian and leyland cypress trees.
The outer red brown bark breaks off every year revealing the fresh new bright red smooth inner bark.
Carolina sapphire arizona cypress is a conical tree with a pyramidal growth habit.
Occasional canker seridium cardinale has been.
Exceptionally tolerant of hot dry conditions smooth barked arizona cypress is ideal for use as a screen hedge or windbreak.
Not only is this evergreen fast growing but it is also deer disease and insect resistant.
It s a great alternative to leyland cypress which is prone to problems with seiridium canker.
Glabra carolina sapphire overall description.
It s most likely to occur during an extended period.
Great silvery blue colored foliage is very aromatic.
No pruning is required unless you want to shear it for a more formal shape.
Symptoms include a sudden change in foliage color from green to reddish brown.
Diseases insects.
Two varieties called the blue ice cypress and the carolina sapphire cypress are versatile trees with some similar attributes but also a few differences.
Due to lack of sunlight most conifers cypress cedars junipers pines arborvitae naturally shed their inner twigs stems as they grow larger due to lack of sunlight.
The carolina sapphire cypress is a fast growing evergreen that features lacy silvery blue foliage.
An incurable condition caused by poor air circulation between plants in hot and humid regions.
Deer and disease resistant this tree prefers hot dry climates and is incredibly drought tolerant.
It isn t fussy about soil type even growing in dense clay.
Fertilize in the early spring and mid fall for best growth with slow release fertilizers.
According to the north carolina state university s plant pathology extension this fungus appears on freshly cut stumps pines and other conifers and spreads to adjacent trees.
Carolina sapphire cypress is easy to grow in well drained soils and full sun or light shade.
This tree is a great alternative to a privacy fence.
Feed in spring with a well balanced shrub and tree type fertilizer.
Generally rather trouble free and very drought tolerant.
Carolina sapphire arizona cypress prefers well drained soil and will tolerate some acidity and sandier soils.
Foliage of carolina safire is one of the brightest blues you will ever see.
Both cultivars are best suited for u.
The fungi phomopsis juniperovora or kabatina juniperi causes juniper blight.
