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. Learn more about Cupressus x leylandii. 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.