Description

This lovely cypress presents impressive golden foliage that is both fine and dense; foliage ages to a light green; a pyramidal upswept habit that makes a beautiful visual impact as a border or screen; may be maintained as a hedge or topiary

Landscape Attributes

Gold Rider Leyland Cypress is a dense evergreen tree with a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.

Gold Rider Leyland Cypress is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Gold Rider Leyland Cypress will grow to be about 35 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 35 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 60 years or more.

This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for acidic soils, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.