Leyland cypress

The Leyland cypress ( x Cuprocyparis leylandii ) is a hybrid between the Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa ) and the Nootka cypress ( Xanthocyparis nootkatensis ) in the family of the cypress family ( Cupressaceae ). Especially in the UK it is often used as a hedge and windbreak.

Description

The Leyland cypress is a large, evergreen tree. It grows very rapidly with annual increases of one meter. The crown of many forms is broadly columnar shape with slightly overhanging branch tips. The branches are somewhat flattened and densely covered with scale-like needles.

Use

The Leyland cypress is most often used as a hedge plant, where they can withstand a cut into the old wood not good. It grows on different, even poor soils. It can also be used near the coast.

A number of varieties were read out, as with yellowish colored foliage ( ' Castlewellan Gold', 'Gold Rider ', ' Robinson 's Gold' ) or with a cream variegation ( ' Silver Dust '). It is often planted the little gray colored variety ' Haggerston Grey', which was created in 1888 in Leighton Hall, Wales.

Ingredients

The Leyland cypress may cause an allergic skin reaction on contact.

System

A parent of Leyland cypress, the Nootka cypress is variously classified in the genus Chamaecyparis, Cupressus or Xanthocyparis. Accordingly, the Leyland cypress is named differently, Cupressocyparis × leylandii, × leylandii or Cupressus × leylandii Cuprocyparis.

Two other intersections between the Nootka cypress cypress and other species are also known:

• Cupressus arizonica var glabra × Xanthocyparis nootkatensis ( × Cuprocyparis notabilis )
• Cupressus lusitanica × Xanthocyparis nootkatensis ( × Cuprocyparis ovensii )