Cupressus macrocarpa 'Goldcrest' ☼full sun ❅hardy ✿evergreen ★ Award
By Paulspond
- 6 Feb, 2013
- 16 likes
Preferred common nameMonterey cypress 'Goldcrest'
FamilyCupressaceae
Cupressus are vigorous, evergreen trees with flaking or scaly bark, often with columnar or narrowly ovoid crowns, small, often aromatic, scale-like leaves and small, spherical female cones
'Goldcrest' is a narrowly columnar, evergreen conifer making a medium-sized tree with bright golden-yellow foliage in ascending sprays
Suppliers
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Awards
Award of Garden Merit
How to growSunlight
Full sun Aspect
South-facing, North-facing, West-facing or East-facing
Sheltered
Cultivation
Grow in moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Protect from cool, drying winds. Tolerates dry conditions. Can be used for hedging but will require regular pruning
Soil
Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline or Neutral
Chalk, Clay, Sand or Loam
Propagation
Propagate by seed or semi-hardwood cuttings
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Architectural, Coastal, Low Maintenance or Hedging/Screens
How to carePruning
No pruning required
Pests
Can get cypress aphid
Diseases
Susceptible to coryneum canker
CharacteristicsPlant type
Conifer or Tree
Habit
Columnar/Upright
ResilienceHardiness
H4 (hardy)
ColourFoliage
Yellow in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter
SizeUltimate height
Higher than 12 metres
Ultimate spread
2.5-4 metres
Time to ultimate height
20-50 years
Comments on this photo
Thanks Terra for comment and adding
6 Feb, 2013
No worries Paul . . . we all come and go at whim!
6 Feb, 2013
A beautifull combination of plants and colouring Paul .....
6 Feb, 2013
Thanks sheila :-)) And Amy :))
6 Feb, 2013
Are you moving house Paul? This is a great pic...lovely shapes and colours....could be the inspiration for a painting!
6 Feb, 2013
Just had to move some things from parents Karen - and help Mum do some DIY stuff :-)) Thank for the comment - so glad I bought these - grow fast, some sites claim they grow slowly but proof in the pudding here :D
7 Feb, 2013
Love it mate.
7 Feb, 2013
Great contrasts there Paul, very good. I also am not on here much at the moment, just flitting in now and again. Have to have a break sometimes.
7 Feb, 2013
I like them too..I think a few of us are taking a break..not much happening at the moment.although I still look every day .:o) .
7 Feb, 2013
Thank you Surreylad , Cinderella and Bloomer :)))
7 Feb, 2013
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Cupressus Macrocarpa
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Cupressus Macrocarpa 'Goldcrest'
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Pretty planting of these ... good structure ..:o)))
Added to a new GoYpedia category !!!
6 Feb, 2013