Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold'
COMMON NAME: American arborvitae, Eastern arborvitae, Eastern white cedar or Northern white cedar
BOTANICAL NAME: Thuja occidentalis
PLANT TYPE: Tree
SUN EXPOSURE: Full Sun/Part Shade
BLOOM TIME: Non-flowering
COLD HARDINESS: USDA Zone 2
DESCRIPTION: Dense, conical to narrow-pyramidal (sometimes maturing to broad-pyramidal), often single-trunked, evergreen tree that is native to eastern and central Canada south to northern Illinois, Ohio and New York with scattered populations further south in the Appalachians to North Carolina. Mature trees may reach 40-60' tall in the wild over time, but in cultivation typically grow much smaller to 20-30' tall. Scale-like, aromatic, yellow-green to green foliage appears in flattened sprays. Red-brown bark will exfoliate on mature branches and trunks.
Available in 5 gallon pots