Flowering TreesItalian Cypress
Cupressus sempervirens
Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) is a medium-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 7-10, that matures to about 40-70 ft × 10-20 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect green blooms in spring. It stands up well to drought, dry soil and heat.
- USDA zones
- 7-10
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 40-70 ft × 10-20 ft
- Spacing
- 6-feet-12 feet
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Foliage
- Blue, Green
- Bloom color
- Green
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Tough against
- Drought, Dry soil, Heat, Humidity, Salt, Wind
- Native to
- Crete, Rhodes, Turkey to Iran
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Italian 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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