Italian Cypress - Pencil Pine - Cupressus sempervirens - Exotic Bonsai Tree - 5 Seeds Watermelon but relatively inconspicuous

but relatively inconspicuous

Sown in spring expect stunningly attractive green and yellow flowers

The fern-like leaves of many species are covered with white hairs

The blooms continue all summer

often more than 3 m in circumference with a height of nearly 1 m above ground

Italian Cypress - Pencil Pine - Cupressus sempervirens - Exotic Bonsai Tree - 5 Seeds Watermelon but relatively inconspicuousCupressus sempervirens, commonly known as the Mediterranean Cypress or Pencil pine, is a species of cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region, in northeast Libya, southeast Greece), southern Turkey, Cyprus, western Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. It is a medium sized evergreen tree to 35 m in height, with a conic crown with level branches and variably pendulous branchlets. It is very long lived, with some trees reported to be over 1,000 years old.