Cupressus x leylandii ‘Ferndown’
Leyland Cypress
Cupressus x leylandii ‘Ferndown’ has light-green foliage and grows with a narrow form, featuring pendulous branches. It is a great choice for shelter belts. Cupressus x leylandii is evergreen, not native to New Zealand, and a hybrid between Hesperocyparis macrocarpa and Callitropsis nootkatensis. Cupressus x leylandii was first hybridised in 1888 at Leighton Hall, which is located to the east of Welshpool in Powys, Wales. . Cupressus x leylandii ‘Ferndown’ originated in 1940 as a seedling selected from seed collected from a garden near Ferndown, Dorset, United Kingdom. Cupressus x leylandii ‘Ferndown’ was raised at the nurseries of M. Barthelemy in Stapehill, Wimborne, United Kingdom.
Synonyms: x Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Ferndown', x Cuprocyparis leylandii 'Ferndown', x Hesperotropsis leylandii 'Ferndown', Callitropsis x leylandii 'Ferndown'
Evergreen
Height: 10m
Width:
5.0m
Estimated 10 year height and width
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