The Italian cypress or Cupressus sempervirens is sometimes call the pencil cypress because of its tall , lithesome condition that comes to a point at the top . Italian cypress trees are jolly easy to care for and comparatively disease free . This make the Italian cypress tree suitable in many landscapes . However , being aware of the disease that can bear upon these gentle giants and how to treat them can preserve your Italian cypress tree .
Description
The Italian cypress is one of the magniloquent cypress tree tree , reaching 40 to 60 feet in height . The trunk rarely pass 3 feet in diam , helping give acceptance to its " pencil - same " visual aspect . It grows along the westerly , southern and the low-down one-half of the easterly coastline of the United States . The Italian cypress is highly drought patient of and does well in almost any grease type , as long as it is well - enfeeble .
Disease
Dictionary.com defines disease in a plant as " any abnormal condition in a plant that interferes with its vital physiologic processes , due to pathogenic microorganisms , parasites , unfavorable environmental , genetic or nutritionary factors . " Using this broad definition , Italian cypress tree trees still have comparatively few disease topic . Chief among them are cypress canker , root decomposition , bagworms and spider mites .
Symptoms
Beginning in the hunky-dory hair - like roots of the Italian cypress tree , root rot turns the roots brownish and continues move on through the main root and into the stem . The vascular system of the tree is affected , leave the tree diagram without access to intellectual nourishment and pee . The tree is girdled after some clip . outward-bound signs are the downward curling and wilting of leaves , which can last a long time before death occurs .
Cypress canker is a fungous disease that attacks the barque and the inner layer of Ellen Price Wood called the cambium . Tissue infected with cypress canker ferment wan dark-green and then yellow . The next measure is destruction .
Spider touch impart either a dusty appearance on foliage or tiny webbing throughout the affected area of the plant . Bagworms make modest cocoons made of the tree diagram ’s needles . The larvae feed the needle and can strip the tree of foliage . grave cases over several twelvemonth can kill the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . While wanderer mite are less harmful , both insects can create billet of declining wellness for the Italian cypress tree Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
Insect Treatment
wanderer soupcon obliterate in the dust they make so that piranha can not find them . Rinsing the tree diagram with body of water can withdraw the rubble and disclose them . If they go along to be a problem , an lotion of a miticide should crystallise up the infestation .
Bagworms can be controlled by removing the cocoons or bag by hand in the wintertime or other spring if there are only a few . If there is a greater presence , then an insecticide should be applied when the larva are small and more susceptible to it , unremarkably in early June . Chemicals to look for on insecticide labels let in Acephate , Carbaryl , Azadiractin , Spinosad , Bifenthrin , Cyfluthrin , Gamma - Cyhalothrin or Permethrin .
Fungal Treatments
While cypress canker is a fungus , there is no effectual treatment that will save affected tissue . The limb must be excised from the tree and destroyed to forbid spores from spread . If the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is badly infect , it is good to slay it completely and destroy it . Avoid planting other cypress trees in the same area for several years .
A antifungal applied as a filth drench can care for the roots of an Italian cypress suffering from ascendant rot . It is necessary to use the fungicide in the spring , summer and devolve to prevent a return .
