In early October of this 2014 I finally saw the Pond Baldcypress, of this Prairie Sentinel cultivar, along a run or tiny creek at Longwoo...Read Mored Gardens in se PA. It was labeled with a metal tag as Taxodium distichum imbricarium 'Prairie Sentinel'. Its foliage seems a little softer in texture than the Common species and the branchlets are erect, giving this a different aspect. This cultivar is narrow, upright in form, probably usually about to 60 ft high x 10 ft wide. Like the Common species it should be good with pH to up about 7.0.
Unique plant with a narrow tiered hairy appearance. Bright green leaves are attractive until fall when they turn golden and fall off. I...Read More have found the plant tough even when the plant was grown incorrectly in the nursery that mine came from. I had mine for 3 years and it grew stoutly in the trunk without adding any height. I decided to remove it due to its lack luster growth upward. While removing it i found that the nursery that grew it, grew it in too little soil and added soil to the pot at a later date. The root zone was too deep for it to recover but the plant stayed alive even through severe heat and drought. I would recommend this tree highly just hopefully people have better luck getting appropriately rooted plants. This tree is attractive, adaptable and holds little interest to japanese beetles.
In early October of this 2014 I finally saw the Pond Baldcypress, of this Prairie Sentinel cultivar, along a run or tiny creek at Longwoo...Read More
Unique plant with a narrow tiered hairy appearance. Bright green leaves are attractive until fall when they turn golden and fall off. I...Read More