Cuprocyparis leylandii 'Golconda'
Common name: 
Golconda Leyland Cypress
Pronunciation: 
ku-pro-SI-pa-ris la-LAN-de-i
Family: 
Cupressaceae
Genus: 
Cuprocyparis
Synonyms: 
×Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Golconda'
Type: 
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Evergreen conifer, a growth rate of about 15 ft (4.5 m) in 10 years, to 40-60 ft (18 m) tall, upright, pyramidal form, grow rapidly.  Foliage lemon-gold with some green, maintains yellow color year round.
  • Sun, tolerated light shade.  May burn somewhat in hot weather.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 6     A 1972 branch sport of C. leylandii ‘Haggerston Grey’ in England, first propagated in 1974 and registered in 1977 (Jacobson, 1996).
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