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Cupressus sempervirens Swanes Gold

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8 growers · 3 sizes · from $6.00 ex GST

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Swane's Golden pencil pine (Cupressus sempervirens 'Swane's Golden'), also sold as Swane's Gold, is a small golden form of pencil pine: a slow-growing, compact, narrow column about 6 to 7 m tall, its foliage tipped yellow over a green centre so that the tree looks golden all year. It is an Australian selection, raised in Sydney in 1944, and South Australia's Plant Selector notes that it gives a garden a strong upright line.
Illustration of Swane's Golden pencil pine (Cupressus sempervirens 'Swane's Golden'): a small, narrow column of golden yellow foliage
Swane's Golden pencil pine, the golden column
Type
Evergreen conifer
Height
6 m to 7 m
Spread
0.5 m to 2 m
Growth
Slow
Sun
Full sun
Drought
Tolerant
Salt wind
Tolerant
In Australia
Naturalised
GrowerPrice
Coolwyn Nurseries140mm$6.00
Coolwyn Nurseries200mm$11.00
Coolwyn Nurseries250mm$25.00
Awesome Plants140mm$17.99
Orths Nursery200mm$12.50
de Vries Wholesale Nurseries200mm$15.00
Plant Nest200mm$29.95
Heritage Nursery200mm$29.99
Yamina Rare Plants200mm$55.64
Plant Nest250mm$58.95
Swanview Plant Farm200mmPrice on application. Sign in to ask the grower.

Also grown by 4 nurseries (no sizes or prices listed)

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Growing swane's Golden pencil pine

Position. Full sun, by South Australia's Plant Selector, which lists it for hills, footslopes, plains and the second line of the coast, and as tolerant of drought, wind and coastal conditions.

Soil and water. Clay, loam or sand, acid, neutral or alkaline, with minimal extra water once established, by the same entry. For the species, the Missouri Plant Finder puts it at its best in a well-drained sandy loam, and the North Carolina toolbox, an American reference, warns of root rot where drainage is poor.

Frost. No reference read gives Swane's Golden a frost rating; HortFlora records a lawn specimen planted around 1960 at Yarralumla Nursery in Canberra.

Growth. Slow, by both HortFlora and the Plant Selector.

History. HortFlora records that it arose in 1944 at the Swane Bros nursery at Ermington in Sydney, a seedling from seed of the Stricta pencil pine collected in Canberra, and that it was introduced to cultivation in Australia in 1958. The Plant Selector says it was selected in 1944 and gives 1956 as the year it was introduced into production. HortFlora records plantings in Mount Gambier, Canberra and Melbourne, among them several formal avenues at Maroondah Dam.

Using swane's Golden pencil pine

South Australia's Plant Selector gives its purpose as ornament and screening, and says it can give a garden a strong vertical element; and HortFlora records formal avenues of it. Worked from the 0.5 to 2 m spread the Plant Selector gives, plants about 0.5 m apart close into a screen of the narrowest trees, and about 2 m apart for trees at the wider end. For the same narrow shape in dark grey-green or waxy blue, see Stricta and Glauca.

What to check before you buy

Growers list it as Swane's Golden, Swane's Gold or Swanes Gold, and all mean this plant: HortFlora gives 'Swane's Golden' as the cultivar name and Swane's Gold as the other name it goes by. The table above shows the sizes growers list today. For what each pot size means in height and age, see the HortOS guide to nursery pot sizes. Stock moving between states travels under the state and territory biosecurity rules.

Used forhedging and screening

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Common questions

Who grows Cupressus sempervirens Swanes Gold wholesale in Australia?
8 wholesale growers list Cupressus sempervirens Swanes Gold on HortOS right now, each with their own pot sizes and trade prices. They are in Victoria, New South Wales, the ACT and Western Australia. The growers are named on this page.
What pot sizes does Cupressus sempervirens Swanes Gold come in?
Growers on HortOS list Cupressus sempervirens Swanes Gold in 140mm, 200mm and 250mm.
What does Cupressus sempervirens Swanes Gold cost wholesale?
The median trade price in a 200 mm pot is $22.48 ex GST, across 6 growers who price it. Prices by pot size and state are on its trade price page.
How do I order Cupressus sempervirens Swanes Gold from these growers?
HortOS is for the trade. Add the lines you want to a list and send it: each grower gets their part of the order by email, confirms what they have and quotes freight, and nothing is bought until you approve it. Listing, searching and ordering are free.
How tall does Swane's Golden pencil pine grow?
About 6 to 7 m tall and 0.5 to 2 m wide, slowly, by South Australia's Plant Selector, which calls it a smaller tree than the species.
Is Swane's Gold the same as Swane's Golden?
Yes. HortFlora gives the cultivar name as 'Swane's Golden', with Swane's Gold as the other name it goes by, and calls it the Swane's Golden pencil pine; lists use both.
Is Swane's Golden an Australian plant?
It is an Australian selection of a Mediterranean species. HortFlora records that it arose in 1944 at a Sydney nursery from seed of a Canberra pencil pine and was introduced to cultivation in 1958; South Australia's Plant Selector gives 1956 for its introduction into production.
Does Swane's Golden stay golden all year?
Yes. HortFlora describes it as keeping its foliage colour throughout the year, golden with a green centre, and the Plant Selector says its yellow-tipped foliage gives the tree an overall golden look.
Does Swane's Golden tolerate drought and coastal sites?
South Australia's Plant Selector lists it as tolerant of drought, wind and coastal conditions, for the second line of the coast, with minimal extra water once established.

Sources

The growers, sizes and prices above are live and change as lists arrive. Cite this page: HortOS, Swane's Golden pencil pine (Cupressus sempervirens 'Swane's Golden'), https://au.hortosapp.com/plants/cupressus-sempervirens-swanes-gold.

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