Homes were built using materials found right on the ground using materials such as cypress wood, cedar, adobe brick and limestone.
However, the evergreens included conifers, ginkgo, bald cypress, and cycads.
The scenery of the area contained slow moving water, draped with moss-covered cypress trees and tupelo.
Cypress trees were usually planted in pairs in the ancient world, often near graveyards.
Tempting though this might be in certain circumstances, certain knowledgeable people have realised for some time the fact that the leyland cypress is not a shrub or a hedging tree.
Fifty years in the life of a cypress tree, or any reasonable tree, is not a long time.
We have seen the death of the elms and the cypress trees.
I was told that if you plant cypress trees, you must plant two of them side by side.
