Are you looking for one with seasonal change or year-round gold?

Oh, I consider all options, with seasonal colour variation or otherwise.

It is for a small gardenbed where I already have the bluest of all light blue (Colorado blue spruce) the bluest of all dark blue (Blue Star juniper) the greenest of all chlorophyl green (Balsam fir) all of them are dwarf conifers. I thought that a most golden dwarf conifer would provide a nice colour contrast, we'll see.

Ontario, you’re not giving us a lot to go on, but since you’re growing spruce and juniper, I take it the site is mostly sun and the soil well drained. You could take a look at Thuja ’Philip’s Magic Moment’, which is a nice yellow-gold and is slow growing. I tried one, but the deer made it a brief experiment. If you like a garden challenge, you could try Abies nordmanniana ’Golden Spreader’. It would be pushing the boundary for your zone, but could be spectacular.

Yes, it is a raised gardenbed with good drainage in full sun. Blues and greens love it there, but there may be too much sun for some goldens. I actually lost a Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Butter Ball' at that exact same spot. I am thus looking for sun-resistant gold :-)

Since you lost the Chamaecyparis, perhaps hardiness was part of the problem as gardengal stated above. Thuja occidentalis are much hardier, and there are a bunch of dwarf golden ones but I've had no experience with them.

If the spot is truly full sun, including winter sun, and if you're ok with a plant that changes color, you might look into one of the Pinus mugo that are golden in winter. In my experience if they are in all day sun and especially winter sun, they will be shockingly gold, but light green in summer.

How about Picea orientalis 'Lil Sky'

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I am leaning towards a gold spruce. Besides the Picea orientalis 'Lil Sky' that plantkiller_il_5 suggested, I found Picea abies 'Perry's Gold', and Picea orientalis 'Tom Thumb Gold'

Would be interesting to grow a gold spruce right next to the existing blue spruce, wish me luck :-)

Good luck! This may not matter to you and you probably already know it, but Perry's Gold will fade to green by summer. If you want bright gold all year, you'll have to continue your search.

Well, a big part of the luck I need is being able to actually acquire one of those gold spruces in my neck of the woods.

I don't mind seasonal colour variation, as I said before. I have in fact a gold-chartreuse seasonal colour variation in my Platycladus orientalis 'Morgan' which is only 15 feet away from the new planting site, so I obviously don't want to buy the same again.

We'll see, it is for next spring, plenty of time, further suggestions welcome :-)

How far are you from Whistling Gardens? They list Abis balsames ’Eugene Gold’ in their plant catalog. Who knows, it might be worth checking out.

WG is too far for me, but the underlying idea is a good one. Growing a gold balsam fir right next to my existing green balsam fir is just as interesting as growing a gold spruce right next to my existing blue spruce. It certainly opens up a second door :-)