Taxodium ascendens David Geiger 'Jermyn's Globe' suits a low

'Jermyn's Globe' suits a low evergreen border

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

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

Deer-resistant and low in fuss

The flowers are the surprise: clusters of small

Taxodium ascendens David Geiger 'Jermyn's Globe' suits a lowPond 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