Cupressus vietnamensis

This incredibly rare and wonderful cypress hails from the mountains of the Ha Giang Province of Vietnam. Only discovered in 1999 and described in 2002, this is a very exciting find! Eventually reaching 30 to 45', it has a straight trunk with showy reddish-brown bark which exfoliates in long, thin, flakes and strips. The elongated branches spread out horizontally from the trunk and are dressed in smaller branchlets which are arranged in overlapping, somewhat drooping sprays. Juvenile specimens are pyramidal in form becoming spreading and irregular with age. A lovely and unusual trait of this tree is that is has both the young soft needles and the older scale like foliage on the same stems. This tree is on the IUCN red list as a critically endangered species. This is a must-have tree for any conifer enthusiast in warmer climates! S/M

The Golden Vietnam Cypress grows as a tree 30-45 feet tall in its native habitat in the limestone mountains of Ha Giang Province in northern Vietnam. What growth it achieves in American gardens remains to be seen though. Discovered in Vietnam in 1999 and only the second new conifer discovered since 1948! Still rarely found in the trade.