Smooth Arizona Cypress Bonsai Tree
(cupressus glabra)

Smooth Arizona Cypress is a handsome, steeple-shaped evergreen with compact, beautiful blue-green foliage. Grows naturally in the mountains of central-western Arizona, Australia and New Zealand and often cultivated for Christmas trees. The small scale-like leaves are dotted with tiny white flecks that actually are resin glands that produce a turpentine fragrance. The outer bark continually flakes away, revealing the very attractive smooth, cherry-red inner bark.