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Plant: Paul's Gold - Chamaecyparis
Chamaecyparis · Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Paul's Gold'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
Paul's Gold is a slow-growing, tight and compact threadleaf false cypress with golden chartreuse foliage that holds its color all year, brightest in full sun. It reaches about 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide and can be kept mounding with light pruning of the top leader. Use it for borders, containers, hedges and hillsides, where it contrasts well with green-leaved plants. Deer tend to leave it alone.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 20 ft tall and 12 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-8
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Paul's Gold is a slow-growing, tight and compact threadleaf false cypress with golden chartreuse foliage that holds its color all year, brightest in full sun. It reaches about 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide and can be kept mounding with light pruning of the top leader. Use it for borders, containers, hedges and hillsides, where it contrasts well with green-leaved plants. Deer tend to leave it alone.
- Foliage
- Small scale-like evergreen foliage in a golden chartreuse that holds year-round; color is best in full sun.
- Fruit
- Small female cones, green when immature, maturing to brown.
- Bark & stems
- Species bark is reddish brown and sheds in thin strips.
- Pruning
- Periodically prune the top leader to keep a mounding habit; otherwise only occasional light pruning. Fertilize in early spring and shelter from drying winds.
- Native range
- Japan (species)
