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Cupresses aurea

Cupressus arizonica ‘Aurea’ Greene

Arizona cypress is pale yellow cultivar has frosty looking foliage, due to the white specks along the shoots. Areas of the plant that are not exposed to full sun have a bluish green color. An upright growing plant, the foliage is radially arranged on the branches that curve upward at the end. Stroking the foliage emits a citrus aroma. Tolerant of hot, dry summers, it maintains a fresh look in the garden throughout the season.
Cupressus macrocarpa ‘Aurea’ Hartw. ex Gord.
Monterey cypress is a irregularly pyramidal variety that will become more flat topped with age; native to the coast, it is tolerant of wind and salt spray; this variety has the potential to grow to huge proportions in ideal conditions, but can be maintained by pruning. Aurea Monterey Cypress is primarily valued in the landscape for its distinctively pyramidal habit of growth. It has attractive light green evergreen foliage which emerges yellow in spring. The scale-like sprays of foliage are highly ornamental and remain light green throughout the winter.

References
1. https://www.iselinursery.com/colorful-conifers/cupressus-cypress/cupressus-arizonica-aurea/
2. https://plants.buyallseasons.com/12250004/Plant/11609/Aurea_Monterey_Cypress/
3. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.128986/Cupressus_macrocarp