| Description | Golden Mop Japanese Cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera) Is a slow-growing yellow foliage evergreen shrub. It forms a mound or a broad pyramid shape. The top thin branches are pendulous, thus the term ‘mop’. |
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| Pronunciation | (kamma-SIP-eris)(pie-sif-er-ah) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-7 |
| Sunlight | full sun, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | prefers moist |
| Soil & Site | moist well drained |
| Leaves | Throughout the year, its evergreen foliage varies in color based on sunlight and season, with bright, golden, thread-like leaves. |
| Dimensions | Dwarf mounding becoming broad pyramid with rounded crown with age reaching 3-4 feet in 10 years. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced in 1966 in the U.K. Originated as a sport of C. pisifera 'Filifera Aurea.' |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #201-Isles Nursery website (www.iselinursery.com), #202-American Conifer Society (www.conifersociety.org), #270-North Carolina Extention Gardener Tool Box (www.plants.ces.ncsu.edu/) |
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