Botanical Name: Cupressus macrocarpa 'Gold Crest'
Common Name: Conifer

 

Use: Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Exotic
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Conifer
Flower Colour : None
Foliage Colour : Lime Green to Yellow
Best Season : Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
Light : Sun to light shade
Hardiness : Hardy
Attributes : Provides year round interest
Height (m) : 3 - 5
Spread (m) : 1.5 - 2
    
Cupressus macrocarpa 'Gold Crest' is an unusual lime green colour. It is a quick growing, triangular shaped plant. An excellent container plant as well as an individual specimen for the garden. Will even succeed indoors as a pot plant, provided it receives sufficient bright light. In this environment, the foliage turns a pale lime green. It provides exciting colour and form contrast in conifer plantings. Excellent for screening.

 

Notes : Conifers are constant, lending structure and depth of colour to the garden in every season of the year. Their dense evergreen foliage has an amazing range of different sizes, shapes and colours.

 

The soil should be well drained and reasonably fertile - add plenty of slightly acid compost to sandy or clay soils to improve their texture. Will thrive in an open, sunny to lightly shaded position. The golden varieties need full sun to show their best colours, but the blues and the silvers are often better in semi-shade, particularly in the hotter areas. Keep well watered during dry spells, especially in summer. Little pruning is necessary. Propagate by means of tip cuttings (5 - 7.5 centimetres long) taken during mid to late winter. Root best in sharp sand, under mist, with bottom heat if possible.