Taxodium ascendens David Geiger though the shrub holds up

though the shrub holds up in part shade

blackcurrant scent of the plant when brushed

Deer-resistant and low in fuss

because every part of this cycad is highly toxic when eaten

The flowers are the surprise: clusters of small

Taxodium ascendens David Geiger though the shrub holds upPond cypress is the quieter of the two native bald cypresses, a deciduous conifer closely related to the more widespread Taxodium distichum but smaller, tidier, and distinct in leaf. Where bald cypress wears soft, feather like foliage, pond cypress carries fine, scale like leaves pressed close and ascending along the shoots, giving the young tree a narrow, almost columnar, pyramidal outline. The name Taxodium means yew like, for the foliage, and