Brighten your landscape year-round with this live Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Korean Gold’, a unique golden plum yew prized for its vibrant yellow-gold foliage and naturally narrow columnar form. This elegant evergreen shrub adds striking color and texture to garden beds, borders, patios, and foundation plantings while maintaining a tidy, upright habit that fits beautifully into smaller spaces.

Slow growing and low maintenance, ‘Korean Gold’ develops into a compact evergreen approximately 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide in 10 years, making it ideal for modern landscapes, Asian-inspired gardens, containers, and evergreen accents. The bright golden foliage holds its color through every season and contrasts beautifully against darker green plants.

Deer resistant, heat tolerant once established, and adaptable to sun or partial shade, this rare plum yew delivers structure, color, and easy-care beauty in one refined plant. You will receive a healthy live plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:

• 1 live Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Korean Gold’
• Approximate container size: 6-inch pot
• Healthy, rooted evergreen shrub
• Golden columnar plum yew
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Korean Gold Plum Yew
• Botanical Name: Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Korean Gold’
• Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
• Growth Stage: Established container-grown plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
• Mature Height: Approximately 4 feet in 10 years
• Mature Width: Approximately 2 feet
• Growth Habit: Upright narrow columnar form
• Growth Rate: Slow dwarf growth (3–5 inches annually)
• USDA Zones: 7–9
• Foliage Color: Bright yellow to golden evergreen foliage
• Special Features: Deer resistant and low maintenance
• Container Friendly: Yes, excellent for patios and decorative containers

Perfect Landscape Uses

• Evergreen borders and accents
• Asian-inspired and modern gardens
• Foundation plantings
• Decorative patio containers
• Small-space landscapes

Care Tip

Plant in a sunny location for the brightest golden foliage color. Once established, this plum yew is highly heat tolerant and requires minimal pruning to maintain its naturally upright shape.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.