ShrubsGold Mop False Cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera
Gold Mop False Cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera) is a slow-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 4-8, that matures to about 2-3 ft × 3-4 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in moist and well-drained soil.
- USDA zones
- 4-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 2-3 ft × 3-4 ft
- Spacing
- 3-4 feet
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Moist, Well-drained
- Foliage
- Gold, Yellow, Chartreuse
- Native to
- Japan
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Gold Mop False Cypress is hardy to about -30°F (estimated from USDA zone 4), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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