Bald Cypress Tree

Look at this huge Bald Cypress tree (Fall, Rust Colored) that my dad planted in his Tennessee yard. Compare the size of the tree to the sun room of their house to the left! Yep, it is a big tree. When dad planted the tree, the Saint joked and told my dad that he would never see it grow as they are very slow growers. To this day my parents call this the Saints tree due to that little mistake on the Saints part!


Cypress trees do grow slowly if standing in the water but the cypress in the ground without constant water, grow quickly such as my dads tree. The Saint now has his own Cypress tree here in our Georgia garden. My dad found this sapling popping up in his yard and gave it to the Saint. We planted it in April of 2006 in the Butterfly Island on the west side of the yard.

Here is the Saint next to his Cypress tree 4 months later!

In one more month, it was taller then the Saint which stands 5 foot 9...

Here is the tree in June of 2007 being 14 months old! It really does seem to like where we planted it. Now we fast forward to this past summer. The fast growing cypress in June of 2008.

By July of this year, we knew we had made a mistake to plant the tree so closely to the butterfly bushes. I will have to keep the butterfly bushes trimmed and may have to move them at some point. Look at the size of the trunk! I like the way the trunk looks on a cypress tree. You can easily identify them by their neat trunks and bark.

We had a pesky visitor to the Cypress this summer. Lets move in closer shall we...

Darn pesky tent worms! We plucked them off the tree and remove the small damaged branch. Luckily, no more returned this year.

This picture was taken on Nov 12, 2008 showing you the rust color of the cypress during fall time. Now she stands all naked with no leaves on her branches.

I cant wait to see how large the CYPRESS TREE will get, In the Garden....