Cypress Bonsai

he Bald Cypress is native to the southern states of the USA, Mexico and Guatemala. In Europe it is occasionally planted in parks, where it does not reach the full height of 100 ft (35 m) like in its native countries. The bark is reddish brown, stringy and fibrous when the tree is young and greyish brown and furrowed on old trees. The needle-shaped foliage is light green and soft. The Bald Cypress can thrive in wet soil and even standing in the water. Then it produces so-called cypress knees, woody structures from the root system which appear above the water level. The autumn colour of the leaves is spectacular, developing from yellowish to auburn before the foliage falls off along with smaller twigs.