Ken, the true name for this conifer is Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Mop'.
Your one is a very beautiful specimen!

how do you know ... ???

i agree it is a look alike to GM ...

but how do you know that there wasnt another branch sport/mutation .. found independently .. and named independently ...

or have you run across this name previously and done the research ...

though i usually do NOT question your knowledge base.. sometimes i just need a bit more background

ken

PS: or could it have been a patented plant.. being sold under a second name.. to avoid paying royalties?????

Ken...Now we are talkin'. I really like the looks of your 'Bright Gold'. That is very striking and I bet it certainly stands out from across the yard. Very very nice. Does it keep that nice golden color all summer long or just during the winter months?

Ken, the link shows you some info.
The thing is that 'Bright Gold' sound much better then 'Golden Mop'.
'Golden Mop' is also availlable under other cultivar names like 'Mops', 'Filifera Aurea Compacta', 'Gold Mops', 'Gold Tread'...a big mess!

Here is a link that might be useful: 'Bright Gold'/'Golden Mop'

Our main nursery here at one point had 'Filifera Aurea', 'Gold Mops', and 'Gold Tread' all at the same time sitting side by side and I ask him which variety he thought would handle our intense sunshine best without burning because they all looked the same to me and he made the same comment....."To be honest I think they are all the same plant"

'Filifera Aurea' is differend from 'Golden Mop'.
The 'Golden Mop' is found as a dwarf mutation on a 'Filifera Aurea' and is less golden an will never burn in full sun.
Several times I've seen 'Filifera Aurea' specimens which were over 10 metres high because once it made a leader it will grow very fast into the heaven direction.
'Golden Mop' will also make a leader but grows slow into the shape of a little mound.

'Gold Thread' is a discription name which has turned into a cultivar name and is used for 'Filifera Aurea' and 'Golden Mop'...

Always liked your pic of 'Little Christopher'. Thanks for pix of both plants.

tj

Like the pics Ken, what is the pine inback of it or is that the "Little Christopher every one is refering to?

hey harv

LChistopher is the giant ball of pinelinesss immediately behind BG .. and that is its natural shape.. i do not tip prune nor shape

if thats little.. i wonder what big daddy christopher looked like.. lol

you are all welcome ...

ken

An impressive plant, I take it the p.d. stands for pinus densiflora? Have trouble growing that species, think we are just on the northern fringe of were it will do well. Do have a 'compacta' that's doing ok

One that came to me as 'Mops' accompanied with a Mugo 'Mops'