| Suited to bonsai Cupressus sempervirens often referred to as the Mediterranean, Italian Cypress or Pencil Pine is a species of cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region, in northeast Libya, southeast Greece (Crete, Rhodes), southern Turkey, Cyprus, western Syria, Lebanon, Israel and western Jordan, and also a disjunct population in Iran. It is a very fast growing, elegant, medium-sized evergreen tree with a conic crown with level branches and variably pendulous branches. It is very long-lived, with some trees reported to be over 1,000 years old. The foliage grows in dense sprays, dark green in colour. The leaves are scale-like, 2-5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots. The species name sempervirens comes from the Latin for 'evergreen'. An elegant narrow growing cypress that is tolerant to most climates. Ideal also in large pots to frame your front entryway or to add elegance to your back patio or pool. Adaptable to most soil type 20 seeds | 
