Gold Mop Threadleaf Cypress
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It is a evergreen, perennial shrub, see how the Gold mop threadleaf cypress looks like in the garden and landscape.
Gold Mop Threadleaf Cypress is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. Other winter zone scales for planting this cypress are ANBG: 1, 2; RHS: H7, H6, H5, H4; PHZ: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a.
Cypress details
| Plant type | shrub, hedges | ||||||||
| Life cycle | perennial, evergreen | ||||||||
| Sun needs | part shade, full sun, part sun | ||||||||
| Growth habit | upright | ||||||||
| Height at maturity | 2 m - 2 m | ||||||||
| Spread | 1 m - 2 m | ||||||||
| Spacing | 2 m for solid hedge; 10' (3m) for space between plants | ||||||||
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty | ||||||||
| Soil moist/drainage | well drained moist, well drained, dry | ||||||||
| Soil PH | 5.5 - 7.5 (moderately acidic - slightly alkaline) | ||||||||
| Water needs | very low when established | ||||||||
| Maintenance / care | very low | ||||||||
| Resistance to | deer, disease, drought, heat, insect, dry soil, mildew | ||||||||
| Gardens types | xeriscape | ||||||||
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Gold Mop Threadleaf Cypress (botanocal name Chamaecyparis pisifera) or Sawara Cypress Golden Mop, is a false cypress it will likely liven up your house (or garden) with its yellow-colored leaves.
If grown in a sunny or partly shaded site with acidic soil, Gold Mop cypress shrubs need very little care. But if you want to keep the Gold Mop small or give it a specific shape for landscape design - you need to periodically do trimming.
One of the most eye-catching plants in our gardens, the Gold Mop threadleaf cypress displays stunning golden yellow foliage on shaggy, mounded pyramids that are sure to draw attention. All grown up and with no pruning, the Gold Mop cypress forms a pyramid that tops out at up to 8 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide, maybe even a little larger over time. That said, it does respond well to shearing so can be maintained at a smaller size or to a more formal shape.
Trimming Gold Mop cypress recommends pruning in spring before the new growth emerges to remove damaged growth To control its size, you can prune in late summer after the current season’s growth has matured.
Gold Mop false cypress is ideal for use as an exceptionally colorful and soft-textured focal point specimen in sunny to partially shaded home foundation plantings and landscape borders. It is also effective in small groupings or in straight or staggered rows to form a colorful, evergreen privacy hedge.
A fine addition to conifer gardens, yellow theme gardens, Asian theme gardens and the low water needs Xeriscape gardens. Also Gold Mop does okay in containers provided the container and the potting soil are well-drained. Avoid overwatering, providing only enough water to maintain a damp to moist soil. When established the Gold Mop Cypress is exceptionally drought tolerant and would only need supplemental irrigation during prolonged periods of dry weather.
Gold Mop Threadleaf Cypress @ wikipedia.
Gold Mop Threadleaf Cypress in the landscape and gardening
