Chinese Swamp Cypress Glyptostrobus pensilis 10 Seeds

The Chinese Swamp Cypress is a coniferous tree that is a relative of the American Bald Cypress. Like the Bald Cypress, it has an enlarged, buttressed base and it grows in wetlands. It is native to Asia from southeastern China to northern Vietnam and Laos. It is a narrow, pyramidal conifer that has fine-textured foliage and ovate cones. Hardy in zones 7-11. Grows best in wet soils. Likes full sun and light shade. It is a is a deciduous needled conifer in the bald cypress family that typically matures to 60-90’ tall featuring gray bark and a conical to columnar crown. It is native to flooded or waterlogged soils along river banks, ponds and in swamps, often growing in standing water to 24” deep in moist, subtropical to tropical areas in southeastern China (Fujian to Yunnan), northern Vietnam and northern Loa PDR (Laos). Although formerly widespread in China and Vietnam, this tree is now rare in the wild. Although very similar in appearance to bald cypress trees in the closely related Tax