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Cypress Gardens was a botanical garden and theme park near Winter Haven, Florida that operated from 1936 to 2009. As of 2011, the botanical garden portion had been preserved inside the newly formed Legoland Florida .
Iranians considered cypress to be a relic of Zoroaster. A Zoroastrian tradition recorded by Daqiqi maintains that King Vishtaspa, after converting to Zoroastrianism, ordered a cypress brought from paradise by Zoroaster to be planted near the first fire temple. [4] The oldest living cypress is the Sarv-e-Abarkooh in Iran's Yazd Province. Its age ...
Cypress Gardens is a 170-acre (69 ha) preserve and gardens located at 3030 Cypress Gardens Road, Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States. The centerpiece of the garden is the 80 acres (32 ha) blackwater bald cypress / tupelo swamp, surrounded with both boat and foot trails.
Over 40 forms of Leyland cypress are known, [9] and as well as 'Haggerston Grey' and 'Leighton Green', other well-known forms include 'Stapehill', which was discovered in 1940 in a garden in Ferndown, Dorset by M. Barthelemy [10] and 'Castlewellan', which originated from a single mutant tree in the Castlewellan estate arboretum in Northern Ireland.
Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), famous for its longevity, popular garden plant Monterey cypress ( Cupressus macrocarpa ), native to the Monterey Peninsula , California [ 19 ] Nootka cypress ( Cupressus nootkatensis ), native to the Pacific Northwest of North America [ 20 ]
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa also known as Cupressus macrocarpa, [4] [5] or the Monterey cypress is a coniferous tree, and is one of several species of cypress trees native to California. The Monterey cypress is found naturally only on the Central Coast of California .
Arizona cypress is widely cultivated as an ornamental tree. Unlike Monterey cypress, it has proved highly resistant to cypress canker, caused by the fungus Seiridium cardinale, and growth is reliable where this disease is prevalent. The cultivar 'Pyramidalis' [16] has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed ...
Hesperocyparis lusitanica, the Mexican cypress, cedar-of-Goa or Goa cedar, is a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras). It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1,200–3,000 metres (3,900–9,800 ft) altitude.