Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Korean Gold'    (syn. 'Ogon')           Cephalotaxaceae

Korean Gold Plum Yew               sef-a-lo-TAKS-us ha-ring-TON-ee-uh

• Conifer, evergreen, dwarf, may in time reach 6-10 ft tall and 3-6 ft wide (1.8-3.0 × 0.9-1.8 m), but it is slow growing, possibly only 3 ft tall after 10 years; narrow, upright, compact form.  Needles about 7 cm long, emerge in lemon yellow, before aging to green in summer or fall.
• Part to full shade.  
• Hardy to USDA Zone 5      Reportedly introduced into the US from Japan in the 1980s by Barry Yinger of Brookside Gardens, Maryland.