This will be our second Golden Mop. The first is about 5 1/2 ft. and doing very
well. I will be planting the second tomorrow . f...Read Moreull sun, rather clayish, shale
earth. Fairly good water. I will be adding good soil to the new hole and
mulching heavily. The first one is in an area of several evergreens, ground cover and 8tf tall greens. It is definitely a slow grower.
Planted eight mops in fall 2007, full sun, zone 8, southwest of garden, they have florished with very little care, other then spring clea...Read Morening to prune and remove any brown die back. During spring and summer the color is golden, then as the cooler tempurtures arrive in late fall then winter approaches the color intensifies as these photos will reveal.
This is one of my favorite golden-colored evergreen. While most labels say 'Gold Mop' stays under 3', it will grow larger over time unles...Read Mores occasionally pruned (easy...just cut off any growth that rises above the height you want). Mine tend to broaden out as they age. Excellent winter color here in Central Indiana, very little browning, if any unless we have dry, windy winter conditions. Great combined with globe blue spruce and dwarf red barberries like 'Bagatelle'.
I have seen this planted at a bulding entrance on campus, it is nice to see the color in the winter. This being the second year after pl...Read Moreanting on the South side where it is dry all seems to be going strong.
smaller cultivar of Japanese Sawara Cypress that only grows to about 10' and has long, drooping golden branches, that I suppose could loo...Read Morek like a wet mop. The regular form of this species grows up to 150' tall in Japan, so this is a very dwarfed form. Pretty slow growing, too.
This will be our second Golden Mop. The first is about 5 1/2 ft. and doing very
well. I will be planting the second tomorrow . f...Read More
Planted eight mops in fall 2007, full sun, zone 8, southwest of garden, they have florished with very little care, other then spring clea...Read More
This is one of my favorite golden-colored evergreen. While most labels say 'Gold Mop' stays under 3', it will grow larger over time unles...Read More
I have seen this planted at a bulding entrance on campus, it is nice to see the color in the winter. This being the second year after pl...Read More
smaller cultivar of Japanese Sawara Cypress that only grows to about 10' and has long, drooping golden branches, that I suppose could loo...Read More