Plant Profile

Cupressus leylandii 'Gold Rider' (Gold Rider Leyland cypress )

Gold Rider has an attractive folliage, with yellow-green scale leaves, that remains colored through the year making this cypress a very convinient variety to use as specimen.

To plant in any well drained soil, in full to partial sun areas.

Landscape Information
Botanical Description
Horticulture Management

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French Name: Cyprès de Leyland

Pronunciation: koo-PRESS-us lay-LAN-dee-eye
Plant type: Tree
Origin: Hybird origin
Heat Zones: 3 to 9

Hardiness Zones: 6 to 9
Uses: Screen, Hedge, Specimen, Border Plant, Windbreak, Pollution Tolerant / Urban
Size/Shape

Growth Rate: Fast

Tree Shape: Pyramidal, Columnar, oval

Canopy Symmetry: Symmetrical

Canopy Density: Dense

Canopy Texture: Fine

Height at Maturity: 1.5 to 3 m, 3 to 5 m, 5 to 8 m, 8 to 15 m

Spread at Maturity: 1.5 to 3 meters, 3 to 5 meters

Time to Ultimate Height: 10 to 20 Years

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Foliage

Leaf Arrangement : Opposite

Leaf Venation: Nearly Invisible

Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

Leaf Type: Simple

Leaf Blade: Less than 5

Leaf Shape: Scale

Leaf Margins: Entire

Leaf Texture: Fine

Leaf Scent: Pleasant (Lemony)

Color(growing season): Green, Yellow

Color(changing season): Green, Yellow
Flower

Flower Showiness: No

Flower Color: Brown

Seasons: Spring
Trunk

Trunk has Crownshaft: No

Trunk Susceptibility to Breakage: Generally resists breakage

Number of Trunks: Single Trunk

Trunk esthetic Values: Not Showy
Fruit

Fruit Type: Cones

Fruit Showiness: No

Fruit Size Range: 0 - 1.5

Fruit Color: Brown

Seasons: Spring

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Tolerance

Frost Tolerant: Yes

Heat Tolerance: No

Drought Tolerance: Yes

Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Requirements

Soil Requirements: Clay, Loam, Sand

Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

Water Requirements: Moderate

Light Requirements: Full, Part
Management

Invasive Potential: No

Susceptibility to Pests and Diseases: Yes

Pruning Requirements: Little needed, to develop a strong structure

Fruit/ Leaves/ Flowers litter: No

Surface Rooting: No

Life Span: More than 50

Diseases: Canker, Fungus

Edible Parts: None

Pests: Caterpillars, Scales, Aphids

Plant Propagation: Cutting