Bald Cyprus Tree- Taxodium distichum - Growing Bald Cypress

[@thatoneguyRyan1]

I love my bald Cyprus. It’s about three and a half years old 🥹

[@luzherrera7687]

the knees you mention that come off the roots are as far as I know called neumatophers, and they rise especially on very damp floors, as a way for the tree to level the amount of oxigen that otherwise wouldnt get if completely flooded

[@chasingthefish9042]

They dont know why they put out knees. They suspect its for stability. Knees can't be reproduced in bonsai without the tree being collected from the wild.

[@funkidboo7864]

We grow these in New England as well. Beautiful tree

[@caitlynnmcfee5308]

Great video! Thank you 🌳

[@harryl2232]

Same treatment for the seedlings, lots of water and sunshine?

[@xyzllii]

Thanks for the info. I'm panicking now. Mine is close to the sewage tank.

[@terrencegibbons3351]

They grow in Massachusetts as well

[@matthewsantiago8114]

Theres a ton of them in the florida everglades

[@williamw3485]

Beautiful

[@houseboatrob4238]

The knees is the trees defense from the dinosaur eating thier foliage,get up to 9ft.

[@melindacorzine841]

I live adjacent to the Lower CAche River and its Wetlands in southern Illinois. We have record cypress with 209 knees and one up to 1,500 years old. I need information on the effect of permanent water on cypress trees. Can you help?

[@JD-gw4ko]

Plausable

[@royalfolkspark]

Question,, I'm growing four bonsai in water, (central Florida). To date 4/11/20, three are greening up like normal. One is not, (is it dead), or a late bloomer ?

[@allowmi]

That's a Pond Cypress he's standing in front of Taxodium ascendens. The leaf branching is on top of the limbs.

[@erererer5]

I am planning to make a bonsai out of it. Can you basically leave the pot in a big puddle of water and let it sit there forever ?

[@bighurt7577]

Yes. You can grow in a container withe no holes in it also.

[@Eastbaypisces]

Can't trim bottom branches if used as street tree so ppl can walk underneath?

[@WELLTHATHAPPENS]

will these trees soak up water ,my back yard used to be a pond,just rushes took over

[@Rexluna1]

Yes it will

[@Eastbaypisces]

can you cut some of the bottom branches off so you can walk underneath the tree and if so when can I do it? also how far apart should I keep a Redwood from it if planting 2-3' Redwood within 5-6' of the Bald Cypress which already is 5' or should I not do that?

[@jcordero18]

how many feet apart should you plant these trees from each other?

[@Gardenclips]

Jose Cordero It depends on how you want to use it Jose. They can grow to about 35ft wide but some people have used them for a hedge and would plant them closer together in that case. Here's a US Forest Service fact sheet with info. hort.ufl.edu/database/documents/pdf/tree_fact_sheets/taxdisa.pdf Thanks for watching!

[@jcordero18]

Thank you so much for the information

[@G.O.A.T_EDITZZ_10]

Mine is non symmetrical. Is it safe to trim it so it is coned shape? My branches grew at irregular lengths is more pear shaped.

[@Rexluna1]

It will tend toward not being symmetrical, especially as it gets older. This is similar to Eastern Redcedar trees

[@Eastbaypisces]

Sry meant to say "can you"not "can't"