Conifer Care

Your Lemon Cypress prefers bright indirect light to direct sunlight. It will not do well in medium or low light environments.

Water your Lemon Cypress when 50% of the soil volume is dry. Water until liquid flows through the drainage hole at the bottom of the pot and discard any water that has accumulated in the saucer.

Your Lemon Cypress benefits from added humidity during the winter months. You can increase humidity for your Lemon Cypress by using a pebble tray, placing a humidifier nearby, or grouping it near other plants.

Your Lemon Cypress prefers cool to average room temperatures between 55-75°F. Avoid exposure to heating or cooling vents which can cause the humidity to drop.

Feed your Lemon Cypress once in the spring and once in the summer with a general-purpose fertilizer diluted to half-strength. No fertilizer is necessary during the fall and winter when plant growth naturally slows.

Lemon Cypress is considered to be toxic to pets and humans if ingested.

Branch tips turning dry and crispy is a common sign of low humidity that can occur over the winter months. Increasing humidity will often solve this issue. Lemon Cypress plants naturally maintain a narrow, upright growth pattern and generally do not need to be trimmed, but feel free to lightly prune your plant to enhance the shape or to remove dried, brown tips.

Your Norfolk Pine thrives in the full sunshine. So your best option is placing it in front of a south-facing window. While your plant can adapt to indirect or medium light, it can lose some of its fullness. Therefore, you may need to supplement with a grow light. 

When 25% of the soil is dry, your Norfolk Pine will need a drink. Likewise, you can water your plant every two weeks until the water drains from the holes in the pot. Keeping the soil moist works best, but make sure it doesn’t become soggy or waterlogged.

Norfolk Pine care also requires maintaining some humidity in the room, especially if the air is dry or if you run your heater in the winter. You can add moisture to the air by using a humidifier or a pebble tray, or by grouping it with other plants that love humidity.

Warm temperatures work best for the Norfolk Pine. Keeping its space between 65℉ to 70℉ will keep this plant happy.

Fertilizing your Norfolk Pine with a general-purpose 20-20-20 formula provides optimal nutrition but as long it’s measured at a weak strength and diluted with water. You should aim for once a month during the spring and summer months.

Norfolk Pines are toxic to pets and humans.

To encourage faster growth on your Norfolk Pine, move it outdoors to a shaded or partially shaded spot during the summer. Wait until all danger of frost has passed before moving it outdoors and bring it back in before the first frost in fall.