Sungold Thread-Branch Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold'

Sungold Thread-Branch Cypress is a ground-hugging evergreen conifer shrub with a mounding habit.  It’s weeping branches are covered with thread-like leaves emerge bright gold and mature to a lime green that holds into winter.  Prefers full sun and moist well-drained soil.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Water regularly but needs well-drained soil.  Juniper blight, root rot, and certain insect pests can be issues if soil to wet. Shelter from hard winds.  

 LANDSCAPE USES:  Specimen or Groups plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Rock Garden, Foundation Planting, Hedges, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Weigla, Boxwood, Silver Feather Grass

IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Chamaecyparis pisifera Filifera Sungold 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photoset by F. D. Richards, (1) Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold' Falsecypress PLTD 2003, (2) Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold', 2019 photo, (3) Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Sungold', 2016, (4) Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Sungold', 2017, (3) Famartin, 2019-04-30 16 25 42 New spring needles on a Sungold Threadleaf Falsecyrpress along Tranquility Court in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.