FLOPPY ITALIAN CYPRESS / How to prevent and repair drooping branches

This video is packed with information on Italian Cypress trees. Why Italian cypress trees get floppy or drooping branches, how to prevent them and how to repair them. I am also trying to make sense of the overwhelming contradictory information available on-line regarding the Italian Cypress. I am showing the 2 varieties of cypress I have in my garden: the Stricta and the Totem and the differences between the 2 of them. If you don't have the correct climate for the Totem but you still want one in your garden then you must be prepared to treat it as if it was a topiary in order to achieve a dense mat of foliage that can withstand being buffeted by the wind, rain and snow.
I filmed part of this video in a linear park in the north of Madrid that faces east-west and it is quite a wind tunnel since the prevailing winds come from the west. They have a substantial quantity of Italian Cypress planted from babies up to 43 feet and growing.... and it is the perfect place to show how a cypress treated as a topiary can withstand the wind because its leaves have formed a dense mat difficult to penetrate. I also show younger varieties whose branches are still quite open, but are well on the way to forming denser branching and finally a young cypress that hasn't been sheared yet and is a big floppy mess. I also show you other things to note regarding Italian cypress: aspect of tree when it doesn't receive sufficient light and also a dead cypress that is now affecting its nearest neighbour.
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Hello, my name is Una and this is Granny’s Garden and I would love to share some tips and advice gained from years of experience with fellow gardening enthusiasts. So please join me every Friday on my journey to create and recover a very neglected garden.
I garden in a zone 6 in the mountains to the north of Madrid, Spain
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