Cupressus macrocarpa 'Golden Pillar'
Common name:
Golden Pillar Cypress
Pronunciation:
ku-PRES-us mak-ro-KAR-pa
Family:
Cupressaceae
Genus:
Synonyms:
‘Lutea Compacta’
Type:
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Conifer, evergreen tree, branches directed upward, compact, narrow, grows to about 20 ft (6 m) tall and 4 ft (1.2 m) wide. Foliage golden yellow when grown in sun.
- Sun. Susceptible to coryneum canker when grown inland away from cool coastal winds (Sunset Western Garden Book, 2001).
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8 Raised in Holland in the 1940s and introduced into the nursery trade about 1955.