Monterey cypress
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
Monterey cypress has been widely cultivated away from its native range, both elsewhere along the California coast, and in other areas with similar cool summer, mild winter oceanic climates. It is a popular private garden and public landscape tree in California.
When planted in areas with hot summers, for example in interior California away from the coastal fog belt, Monterey cypress has proved highly susceptible to cypress canker, caused by the fungus Seiridium cardinale, and rarely survives more than a few years. This disease is not a problem where summers are cool.
San Francisco Botanical Garden ● Strybing Arboretum
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
February 18, 2021
20210218_162901
Monterey cypress
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
Monterey cypress has been widely cultivated away from its native range, both elsewhere along the California coast, and in other areas with similar cool summer, mild winter oceanic climates. It is a popular private garden and public landscape tree in California.
When planted in areas with hot summers, for example in interior California away from the coastal fog belt, Monterey cypress has proved highly susceptible to cypress canker, caused by the fungus Seiridium cardinale, and rarely survives more than a few years. This disease is not a problem where summers are cool.
San Francisco Botanical Garden ● Strybing Arboretum
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
February 18, 2021
20210218_162901