What Is the Latest Price of Cypress Saplings? A Detailed Guide to Planting Methods

Cypress is the collective name for plants in the cypress family. They are widely distributed in China, from Inner Mongolia and Jilin in the north to Guangdong and northern Guangxi in the south, and the range of artificial cultivation covers almost the entire country. The wood is medium in hardness, fine-textured, fragrant and highly rot-resistant, and is mostly used for construction, furniture and joinery. The seeds can be pressed for oil, which can be used to make soap, or for food or medicine. Now let us take a look at cypress sapling prices and planting methods!

How much does a cypress sapling cost?

Note: There are very many kinds of cypress, such as Chinese arborvitae, Chinese juniper, hinoki cypress, sawara cypress and so on, and their sapling prices vary greatly depending on variety, specifications, place of origin and market, etc. The prices above are for reference only; please rely on the actual situation when purchasing.

What kinds of cypress are there?

1. Chinese arborvitae: Chinese arborvitae is a tree species native to China. It likes light and tolerates a little shade when young. It is highly adaptable and not demanding about soil, and can grow in acidic, neutral, calcareous and mildly saline-alkaline soils. It tolerates drought and poor soil, has strong sprouting ability, medium cold resistance and relatively weak wind resistance.

2. Chinese juniper: Chinese juniper is a tree species endemic to China. It likes a cool climate and is highly cold-resistant. It is not demanding about soil and can grow in dry sandy land, on sunny slopes and in rock crevices. It is often used for landscaping, its wood can be used as furniture material, and its roots can be used as medicine.

3. Hinoki cypress: Hinoki cypress is an excellent landscaping tree species. It likes light, and its seedlings and young trees have a certain shade tolerance. It is relatively cold-resistant, has rather poor wind resistance, tolerates drought and poor soil, likes moisture but does not tolerate waterlogging, and can grow in slightly acidic to slightly alkaline soils.

4. Sawara cypress: Sawara cypress is an evergreen tree. It is cold-resistant, likes a cool and humid climate, has a shallow root system and is not demanding about soil. It is often used for landscaping, such as specimen trees, groves, hedges, foundation plantings, scenic forests and sanitary protection forests (health-promoting tree species), etc.

5. Dragon juniper: Dragon juniper likes sun and tolerates a little shade. It likes a warm, humid environment, is resistant to cold and drought, and dislikes waterlogging. It is highly adaptable to soil pH and strongly resistant to sulfur oxide and chlorine, but its resistance to smoke and dust is rather poor. It has very high ornamental value and is widely cultivated across China.

Planting methods for cypress

1. Site selection: Cypress is not demanding about soil and can grow normally in various types of bedrock or soil, but it does not tolerate waterlogging and has relatively low wind resistance, so it is not suitable for planting in waterlogged low-lying land, on mountain sites exposed to wind gaps, or in places with high wind speeds.

2. Afforestation density: Cypress grows slowly during its first 100 years, its crown is narrow and small, and its root system is also relatively shallow, so the canopy closure time is very long. Therefore, the initial planting density is 5000-6000 plants/hectare, and thinning is carried out later according to the canopy closure situation.

3. Mixed tree species: Cypress grows slowly and has a narrow, small crown, so weeds easily grow in the forest land. To suppress weed growth, cypress is often planted mixed with tree species such as Chinese pine, Trident maple and black locust, or with shrub species such as shrubby false indigo, sea buckthorn and autumn olive during afforestation.

4. Careful site preparation: Cypress afforestation usually takes place on dry, poor mountainous land, so site preparation methods usually include fish-scale pit preparation, contour trench preparation and level terrace preparation. It is best to prepare the site one season in advance.

5. Afforestation techniques: Cypress afforestation can be carried out in spring, or in the rainy season or autumn. Severe cold and dry winters are not suitable for afforestation. Commonly used methods include sowing afforestation, seedling planting afforestation and container seedling afforestation; large seedling afforestation can also be used, but large seedlings need to be transplanted several times.

6. Care and management of young forests: Young cypress forests can be weeded manually or chemically. For overwintering, soil can be piled up and grass spread over it for cold protection, or whitewashing can be used for cold protection. At the same time, because cypress grows slowly and has a narrow, small crown, intercropping with crops can be carried out after planting to increase the value of land use.