Exfoliating bark is reddish brown. Tecate Cypress. It has a rich light green foliage and seems to tolerate coastal planting well for an inland species. This is a fast-growing and hardy cypress that does well with little water. A native to Arizona. It has a moderate to fast growth rate. Cereus forbesii spiralis (Spiraled Cereus) is a trunkless cactus that forms numerous tall, blue-green color, spiraling, columnar stems which branch at the base in a candelabra-like arrangement. Cupressus forbesii Jeps. Buchholz and Buchholz Nursery is a wholesale nursery in Gaston, Oregon offering only the finest plants from the best corners of the world. Stems have a waxy blossom on the surface and reach a height of 2-4 meters, and are 4 to 5 inch in diameter. Male and female flowers occur on the same tree in spring. A small tree, usually less than 30 ft high, with numerous ascending branches and very distinct from the other Californian cypresses (except C. stephensonii) in its smooth, lustrous, cherry-red or brown bark, which peels in thin flakes.Leaves light green; resin-pits absent or inconspicuous. Tough, low maintenance tree that is great for a dramatic focal point or planted in mass for wind and sound breaks. Prized for its foliage, Cupressus arizonica var. 'Blue Ice' grows in a compact columnar form with a rich silver-blue / powdery blue color. The waxy, scale-like needles are spirally arranged and retain their frosty blue-gray color all season. It makes an ideal hedge or screen, or can be used as a specimen tree in a large garden. glabra 'Blue Ice' (Smooth Arizona Cypress) is a narrowly columnar evergreen conifer boasting showy, lacy, silvery gray-blue foliage in dense sprays.