1st image looks like cedrus deodara aurea, it reaches 4 to 6m after 10 yrs and 10 to 12m after 30/40 yrs so not as big as its cousin the cedrus deodara that can reach 40 to 50m tall. 2nd image has some similarities to images on rhs site for the aurea.
1st image looks like cedrus deodara aurea, it reaches 4 to 6m after 10 yrs and 10 to 12m after 30/40 yrs so not as big as its cousin the cedrus deodara that can reach 40 to 50m tall. 2nd image has some similarities to images on rhs site for the aurea.
The first image does look golden...2nd batch pics look blue...no hint of golden needles. No sign of weeping tips./pendulous tips.
Not very convinced that images on RHS site that you have added are the golden form.
Quote Bean Trees and Shrubs.
"'Aurea'
A vigorous, fast-growing tree in its youth, eventually forming a broadly pyramidal or conical tree. The needles are golden-yellow at first, turning yellow-green in summer, before ageing back to golden-yellow into winter, finally settling into a permanent green in their second year. The branches are horizontal but the tips pendulous as in the species. 4–6 x 2–3 m in ten years."
Quote www. "A very old cultivar, Cedrus deodara 'Aurea' (Deodar Cedar) is a large evergreen coniferous tree of conical habit adorned with striking horizontal branches and weeping tips bearing long, soft golden needles. Its spring growth is a remarkable creamy-yellow. "
Quote RHS... "Details
'Aurea' is a medium-sized evergreen
tree, at first conical with drooping leader, later broad-crowned.
Needles to 4cm in length, bright golden yellow, becoming greenish-yellow
by late summer. Cones rarely formed "
@Silver surfer as mentioned in my post I totally agree that image 1 & 2 are different plants. I do have 40 cedrus deodara that I planted over 25 yrs ago, at the time only 4 inches high but are now circa 25m or more. So I know know how they look close up, I was merely pointing out the oddity that both RHS & OP have posted images that contradict close up expectations.
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https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/93375/i-Cedrus-deodara-i-Aurea/Details
No sign of weeping tips./pendulous tips.
Not very convinced that images on RHS site that you have added are the golden form.
Quote Bean Trees and Shrubs.
"'Aurea'
A vigorous, fast-growing tree in its youth, eventually forming a broadly pyramidal or conical tree. The needles are golden-yellow at first, turning yellow-green in summer, before ageing back to golden-yellow into winter, finally settling into a permanent green in their second year. The branches are horizontal but the tips pendulous as in the species. 4–6 x 2–3 m in ten years."
Quote www.
"A very old cultivar, Cedrus deodara 'Aurea' (Deodar Cedar) is a large evergreen coniferous tree of conical habit adorned with striking horizontal branches and weeping tips bearing long, soft golden needles. Its spring growth is a remarkable creamy-yellow. "
Quote RHS...
"Details 'Aurea' is a medium-sized evergreen tree, at first conical with drooping leader, later broad-crowned. Needles to 4cm in length, bright golden yellow, becoming greenish-yellow by late summer. Cones rarely formed "
https://www.google.com/search?q=Cedrus+deodara+'Aurea'&client=firefox-b-d&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=NedN8lfuPIkScM%2CtqWaUd8w-DYK8M%2C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kTmSLULN1xEOj6gi_-jU21uxFghoQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9iZep96vwAhVnQEEAHWeVBaIQ_h0wA3oECAsQCQ&biw=1280&bih=579#imgrc=NedN8lfuPIkScM
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good call Dove.
I feel 1st pic does not belong to cindyzJ9LW4Oj pic has been "borrowed "from a web site ...."makeit -loveit.com" in USA.
https://makeit-loveit.com/start-here
Have a feeling we are all wasting our time on this thread.
Count me out.