Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers, part 11., 1 by frostweed

frostweed wrote:
Sheila, how lucky for your nephew to have the Standing Cypress. I love those but have not had any luck growing them, I have tried at least four times, but they all die out on me.
I think I either have too rich a soil, or they don't get enough sun, most of my plants are perennials and they are tall, and the little rosette of leaves gets shaded out.
I do have a very sweet thing to tell, JamesO, from Longview, knows how much I like them and he had a good stand of them this year. Well, he went and sent me two potted ones by ups and they arrived in perfect condition, what a surprise that was!
This time I am going to keep them potted, so I can give the right growing conditions, and hope for the best.
Here is a picture Itook of them at the Wildflower Center. Aren't they gorgeous?