Holiday - King's Gold Cypress

Why the King’s Gold Cypress is a Great Holiday Plant

Silver Threads and Golden Needles sure sounds right for the Holidays, and the King’s Gold Cypress certainly has golden needles that do form fascinating golden threads – a rich and intriguing combination that makes for a fabulous evergreen bush. This beauty is a stand-out specimen plant for any garden, and it looks great in a pot or planter box as well. It can even be trained into a bonsai. For anyone who loves the world of evergreens it’s sure to be exactly the right choice. This treasure trove of golden beauty stays gold all year round, and it’s tough and reliable enough to grow everywhere, hot or cold. It’s easy to grow too, so it doesn’t matter the color of their thumb. What matters is how thoughtful and appropriate this mound of golden thread-like branches is, for family, friends, or yourself. Your garden wants to celebrate the holidays too, so why not?

What is the King’s Gold Cypress Like?

The King’s Gold Cypress is a rounded conifer evergreen, growing steadily to about 3 feet tall and wide, and in time possibly double that. It stays dense and full, with spreading branches ending in narrow, thread-like shoots that arch over and hang down, creating a soft, mounding look. Those stems keep their rich golden-yellow coloring all year round, with no greening or browning in summer or winter. It draws your eye from anywhere across the garden, and it looks great tucked among green bushes, making an exciting focal point. It looks good too among rocks, boulders and gravel, or on the terraces of a retaining wall. It is small enough to live for many, many years in a pot or planter, and it’s a popular plant to turn into a bonsai of any size. It is a unique selection of the Sawara cypress, Chamaecyparis pisifera, a tree that is found wild as a tall forest tree on the islands of Japan. Some plants develop unique foliage and are called ‘threadleaf cypress’ – the variety called ‘King’s Gold’ is an outstanding example of that type.

How Do You Grow the King’s Gold Cypress?

It turns out that the King’s Gold Cypress is very easy to grow, all the way from the harsh winters of zone 4 to the heat of zone 9. It has exceptional resistance to hot and humid conditions, but it takes icy winters too. Grow it in full sun for the strongest color – it won’t scorch like many other golden plants do – and it also grows well in partial shade. It needs no trimming to stay neat and dense. Ordinary garden soil is fine, and a little water during long dry spells is all it takes to grow this trouble-free plant to perfection – ‘Low-maintenance’ is the key word.

Buying the King’s Gold Cypress from the Tree Center

We have some of the cutest and best-grown plants of the King’s Gold Cypress we have ever seen. They are perfect for a holiday gift, or just to mark the holidays with a new plant in your garden – make it a Thanksgiving tradition. But order right away, as you know how busy the holidays can get.