Thuja species
a - occidentalis
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Updated 26/05/2011
Thuja are known as Cedars or Arborvitae (hardy evergreens) which cover a wide range of colours and forms.
Thuja koraiensis - Korean Arborvitae. Strongly scented foliage in fan-like sprays which are pastel blue on the underside. Conical shape. Most attractive for floral work. 3 metres high x 2 metres wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 5.
| Cutting Grown | 4.5 ltr HP | 50 cm high | $21.00 |
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Thuja occidentalis selections
Thuja occidentalis is literally the
"Eastern Arborvitae, White Cedar".
Thuja occidentalis - American Arborvitae. White Cedar. Native of East North America and Canada often growing in cold swampy ground. Compact, upright habit. Eventually a large tree, green in colour. Zone 2. No longer in Production.
Thuja occidentalis 'Caespitosa' - Dwarf,
slow growing. Tailor made for the larger rockery. It is very neat
and very tight in appearance. An attractive plant that should be
planted more in this country. Rounded hummock. Wider than high. 45 cm high x 60 cm wide in 10 years
in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2.
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Thuja occidentalis 'Columbia' - Silvertip Arborvitae. Rich green tipped on all extremities with creamy-white new growth. Broadly pyramidal. 2.5 metres high x 1.2 metres wide at base in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2.
| Cutting Grown | PB 6.5 | 70 cm high | Please Enquire |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Danica' - Small, compact, round, holding its branchlets in vertically held sprays, foliage mid green. Ball shaped. Should be planted more. 50 cm high x 65 cm wide in 10 years. Zone 2. |
| Cutting Grown | 4.5 ltr | 35 cm high x 30 cm wide | $21.00 |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Elegantissima' - This is an old cultivar recently re-introduced by Cedar Lodge from the renown New Zealand Garden of Eastwoodhill. It has creamy coloured foliage mainly near the tips and outer exposed parts. Somewhat similar to Thuja occidentalis 'Columbia'. A broad pyramid shape reaching perhaps 3 metres in 10 years.
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Thuja occidentalis 'Ericoides' - This is a plant of fixed juvenile foliage. The colour is a soft, dull green in summer and a medium purplish brown in winter. Has been very popular for many years. The shape is almost a round ball. 70 cm high x 1 metre wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2.
| Cutting Grown | PB 9.5 | 30 cm high x 40 cm wide | $20.00 |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Filiformis' - A loose rather open shrub, eventually a small tree with long thread-like branches and few branchlets. Green foliage contrasts with orange-brown branches. Can be pruned to desired size. 1 metre high x 1 metre wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2.
| Cutting Grown | PB 6.5 | 60 cm high x 60 cm wide | Please Enquire |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Holmstrup' - An excellent sturdy, compact upright tree very similar to Thuja occidentalis 'Pyramidalis'. Not very wide. A very pleasant green, turning slightly brownish in winter. This colour change does not detract from the beauty of the plant. Can be used as a formal hedge or formal accent in any situation. An excellent pyramidal tree. 3 metres high x 60 cm wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Lutea' - A bright orange-yellow during the growing season. The most colourful rich brilliant orange gold in winter. An excellent pyramidal tree. Young plants straggly at first but soon becoming a pyramid. This variety should be made much more use of in gardens because of its winter glory and its formal upright habit. 2.5 metres high x 1 metre wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2.
| Cutting Grown | PB 9.5 | 50-75 cm high x 40-50cm wide | Please Enquire |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Minimee' - A fresh mid green seedling found at Cedar Lodge. Very compact and dainty turning brown in winter.25 cm high x 20 cm wide in 3 years from planting in our Nursery/Garden.
| Cutting Grown | 3 ltr HP | 30 cm high x 25 cm wide | $22.50 |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Olhendorfii' - This is quite a horticultural curiosity carrying two kinds of foliage. Both adult and juvenile. It has a novelty effect in the garden. Easy to grow. Has unusual colour combination of green shoots and brown stems. 1 metre high x 70 cm wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2.
| Cutting Grown | PB 6.5 | 1 mtr high x 30 cm wide | Please Enquire |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Pendula' - Weeping form. Irregular habit, upright, but with stem and branches full of bends and turns, winding and wavering, directed downward. Twigs pendulous. A very interesting and unusual conifer. Great for landscape effect. 2 metres high x 1.5 metres wide in 8 years in our Nursery/Garden. |
| Cutting Grown (Stkd) | PB 9.5 | 70cm high x 30 cm wide | Please Enquire |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Pumilio Sudworthii' - Mentioned in Wansdyke Nursery handbook as 'Sudworth Pumila'. Golden foliage in summer and bright orange-gold in winter. This plant introduced into the New Zealand trade about 1987, is hard to distinguish from Thuja occidentalis 'Lutea'. It is an upright, pyramidal tree. 2.5 metres high x 1.5 metres wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2. No longer Produced.
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Thuja occidentalis 'Pyramidalis' - A handsome formal tree used to provide vertical accent to any garden. Can also be used as a screen or even a hedge with remarkable effect. Columnar habit. No trimming required. 3 metres high x 1 metre wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2.Photo 2 is Thuja occidentalis 'Pyramidalis' as a Group Planting. |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold' - Golden in summer, bronzy gold in winter. Semi-coastal. Salt wind keeps it low. If sheltered this plant will eventually grow into 'Ellwangeriana Aurea'. Can be trimmed to desired size most successfully. Low growing, spreading. 1 metre high x 1.3 metres wide in 10 years when sheltered in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2. |
| Cutting Grown | 4.5 ltr HP | 20 cm high x 20 cm wide | $20.00 |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' - (Originated in Denmark and introduced into the U.S.A. as 'Smaragd'. Nurserymen in the U.S. changed the name to Thuja occ. 'Emerald or Emerald Green' We are staying with the original name - 'Smaragd') Compact conical form, loosely branched, twigs more or less in a vertical plane, branchlets sparsely arranged, glossy bright green in summer and winter. The most wide selling (popular) conifer world wide. 3 metres high x 60 cm wide in 7 years in our Nursery/Garden. *Please enquire about a special price for quantity for screening or hedging. Photo 2 Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' Planted as a hedge or screen. |
| Cutting Grown | PB 6.5 | 90 cm high | $20.00* |
| Cutting Grown | 14 ltr HP | 90 cm high | $36.50 |
| Cutting Grown | 35 ltr ET | 1.3 m high | $89.00 |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Spiralis' -
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Thuja occidentalis 'Sunkist' - Brilliant dense golden-yellow foliage. Round to conical habit. 1.3 metres high x 1 metre wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2. |
| Cutting Grown | 4.5 ltr HP | 40 cm high x 40 cm wide | $20.00 |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Vervaeneana' - See Thuja plicata 'Zebrina'.
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Thuja occidentalis 'Wansdyke Silver' - A rare and outstanding feature plant with white flecks. Very slow growing. In our garden this plant is in the full blast of our salt laden wind which has not affected it at all. We have tried it in several situations and find it is very useful in shade or partial shade as well as full sun. In our opinion this Thuja is not utilized to its full potential. There would be a place for one in every garden. 2 metres high x 1 metre wide at base in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2. |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Wareana Lutescens' - Attractive
light butter yellow-green. Slightly bronzy in winter. The only
conifer to our knowledge carrying this unique colour. In areas
where Cypress canker is a problem and Chamaecyparis
lawsoniana 'Silver Queen' does not
survive very long, this Thuja is a wonderful substitute for
colour. Can be used as a hedge or screen as well as a specimen. Broad pyramidal shrub. 1.5 metres high x 1 metre wide in 10
years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2.
| Cutting Grown | PB 6.5 | 50 cm high x 40 cm wide | $20.00 |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Woodwardii' - Rich
green in summer, beautiful chocolate brown in winter. A fine,
rounded to oval, compact dwarf. 1.2 metres high x 1 metre wide in
10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 2.
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