Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)

The Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) is the ultimate symbol of Mediterranean formal landscaping — a tall, dramatically slender, pencil-thin dark-green evergreen column of breath-taking architectural elegance. It grows perfectly upright without any pruning, maintaining its naturally narrow silhouette indefinitely. It is the premier choice for lining formal driveways, framing gateways and entrances, and creating dramatic vertical punctuation in formal garden designs. Extremely drought-tolerant, long-lived, and low-maintenance, it will transform any property with instant sophistication and gravitas.