Taxodium ascendens David Geiger is why the species is

is why the species is so seldom offered and so highly prized

Deer-resistant and low in fuss

and the leaves take on a purple cast in autumn before they fall

because every part of this cycad is highly toxic when eaten

blackcurrant scent of the plant when brushed

Taxodium ascendens David Geiger is why the species isPond cypress is the quieter of the two native bald cypresses, a deciduous conifer closely related to the more widespread Taxodium distichum but smaller, tidier, and distinct in leaf. Where bald cypress wears soft, feather like foliage, pond cypress carries fine, scale like leaves pressed close and ascending along the shoots, giving the young tree a narrow, almost columnar, pyramidal outline. The name Taxodium means yew like, for the foliage, and