As an added bonus, the older stems of this shrub can have attractive, peeling, cinnamon colored bark. Oakleaf hydrangea grows 4 to 8 feet tall, spreading as wide or wider through root suckers. It does best with some shade and mulching to maintain cool, moist root environment, and is most effective in a shrub border and in massed plantings. Although a conifer, like pine and spruce, baldcypress is deciduous, dropping its foliage in the fall. It is relatively fast growing, reaching 50 to 70 feet in height.
Mature trees are pyramidal in shape, and can assume a picturesque buttressed trunk.
Native to wetlands from the southeast U.S. north into Missouri and west into Texas, baldcypress does well in moist situations, but has also proven adaptable to dry, sometimes compacted soils throughout Nebraska. Drought tolerant herbaceous perennial. Showy dark orange-red flower clusters. Plant in full sun in a light soil. Grows 24 to 36 inches.