21. Cupressus cashmeriana Carrière CUPRESSACEAE
This tree, with very attractive, drooping, grey foliage appears to be a cultivated form of the native East Himalayan species Cupressus himalaica which can be seen growing in the Woodland Garden (forming Number 64 of the Trail). It was first described from a specimen introduced to an English nursery from ‘Tibet’ in about 1862.
Photograph of this accession of Cupressus cashmeriana
RBGE Living Collections Accession Factsheet
Accession Number:19696579
Scientific Name:Cupressus cashmeriana Royle ex Carrière
Family:Cupressaceae
Genus:Cupressus
Epithet:cashmeriana
Plant:19696579H
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19696579C
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19696579I
Location:/Living Collections/External/XPJ
Plant:19696579J
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19696579F
Location:/Living Collections/External/XGD
Plant:19696579D
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19696579E
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19696579A
Location:/Living Collections/Inverleith/G22/0085
Plant:19696579G
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19696579A1
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19696579B
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
