If your looking to add nice, textured shrub for your landscape, this gold mop cypress is for you. The Gold Mop Cypress is very hardy and requires little to no maintenance. If you plant the Gold Mop Cypress around your home, you can keep it trimmed and it will maintain its size. Or for a more natural look, just plant and let it be and they will look like an upside-down, golden mop. if you prefer a more manicured look, shear twice a year. Growth Habit Gold Mop is a slow grower but will reach heights up to 3 feet and about 4 feet wide. Care Very insect and disease resistant and can grow from zones 4-8. This plant does best in sun to partial shade and prefers well-drained, moist to average soils. It tolerates some drought once it becomes established. This is a low-maintenance plant that seldom needs pruning. Toxicity The Gold Mop Cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera) is not reported to be toxic to dogs. The Golden Mop Cypress is deer resistant.