Flowering TreesArizona Cypress
Cupressus arizonica
Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica) is a medium-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 7-11, that matures to about 30-40 ft x 15-20 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained, occasionally-dry and very-dry soil. It attracts birds, stands up well to drought and deer.
- USDA zones
- 7-11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 30-40 ft x 15-20 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry, Very-dry, Sandy
- Foliage
- Blue-green, Silver, Green
- Attracts
- Birds
- Tough against
- Drought, Deer
- Native to
- Southwestern US and Mexico
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Arizona Cypress is hardy to about 0°F (estimated from USDA zone 7), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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