Small but mighty, a lemon cypress tree is a fragrant evergreen that's surprisingly easy to grow as a houseplant.

You might recognize the lemon cypress as the potted evergreen that seems to show up in every big box retail store before ...

As houseplants, lemon cypress trees grow relatively slowly ... the best way to do it is to take 4-6 inch-long stem cuttings from healthy branches and propagate them in soil with rooting hormone.