Taxodium distichum 'Peve Yellow'
Common name: 
Peve Yellow Baldcypress
Pronunciation: 
taks-O-di-um DIS-ti-kum
Family: 
Taxaceae
Genus: 
Taxodium
Type: 
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Deciduous conifer, slowly grows into a dense pyramidal form, 6-8 ft tall and 3-5 ft wide (1.8-2.4 m × 0.9-1.5 m) in 10 years.  Bright to pale yellow foliage that varies in intensity from season to season and over the years. 
  • Sun, grows well on deep, fine, sandy loam, acid soil.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 5     A seedling selected in the Netherlands by Pete Vergeldt, from chemically treated seeds to induce mutations.  'Peve Yellow':  the Peve portion of the cultivar name is derived from the first two letters of his fist and last name.
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  • plant habit

    plant habit

  • plant habit, early June

    plant habit, early June

  • foliage, needles

    foliage, needles

  • branchlets

    branchlets