Taxodium ascendens ~ Pond Cypress zone-8 The hooded rose pink two

The hooded rose pink two lipped flowers bloom on tight spike-like terminals from late summer into fall

the leaves of the Autumn Blaze Freeman Red Maple turn a brilliant red-orange

Pests include Japanese beetles

Best color in part sun and well-drained soil

Taxodium ascendens ~ Pond Cypress zone-8 The hooded rose pink twoPond Cypress is a native conifer tree with a cylindrical crown when young and a flattened irregular crown when older with horizontal to upright branching. and its fissured bark on mature trees exposing attractive orange inner bark. The deciduous awl shaped light green foliage are spirally arranged and turns orange brown or gold in fall. Pond Cypress has more rounded root knees and grows at water margins instead of in the water. Grows best in full sun