# Airlayering ice blue cypress **URL:** \ **Category:** Horticulture\ **Created:** [March 2, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/airlayering-ice-blue-cypress/11449 "2024-03-02T00:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chris\_anderson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/chris_anderson/32/34005_2.png) [@chris\_anderson](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/chris_anderson)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/airlayering-ice-blue-cypress/11449/1 "2024-03-02T00:22:02Z")
does any one know if you can air layer Arizona cypress i have a very tall one about 6 ft tall i need to bring down to size and id like to make a few more from this one. ---
**Author:** ![NEBeech](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nebeech/32/37888_2.png) [@NEBeech](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/NEBeech)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/airlayering-ice-blue-cypress/11449/2 "2024-03-02T14:16:29Z")
Air layering can be a reliable method for propagating Cupressus trees. Cuttings or seed germination are more common in the nursery industry but thats probably because of scale and the skill/time/attention required to airlayer. Might take two seasons worst case, give it a go! Might as well make some cuttings as a backup nothing to lose but about 30 minutes of your time! I would definitely use rooting hormone on both airlayer and cuttings. ---
**Author:** ![chris\_anderson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/chris_anderson/32/34005_2.png) [@chris\_anderson](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/chris_anderson)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/airlayering-ice-blue-cypress/11449/3 "2024-03-04T09:32:57Z")
Ok I’ll probably give it a go next year I did quit a bit of root work and I want to let it recover from that first.