{"id":999,"date":"2011-11-28T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=999"},"modified":"2018-11-30T21:05:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T02:05:45","slug":"thujopsis-semi-dwarf-evergreen-shrub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/11\/28\/thujopsis-semi-dwarf-evergreen-shrub\/","title":{"rendered":"Thujopsis: Semi-Dwarf Evergreen Shrub"},"content":{"rendered":"
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10-year old Thujopsis dolobrata on ETSU Campus in Johnson City, TN<\/p><\/div>\n

Hiba or false\u00a0arborvitae (Thujopsis dolobrata<\/em>)\u00a0is a slow to moderate growing evergreen shrub or tree. It is also called elkhorn cedar and deerhorn cedar, referring to the shape of\u00a0its scale-like leaves. Tall 50-80 feet tall tree forms arefound in the forests of\u00a0Japan.<\/p>\n

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Underside of needles<\/p><\/div>\n

This native of Japan and China has\u00a0a pyramidal form and beautiful dense foliage, similar to arbovitae (Thuja spp<\/em>.).\u00a0 The scale-like bright or dark green leaves are arranged in flattened sprays with white markings beneath.\u00a0 Its reddish-brown peeling bark adds to the plant’s appeal.\u00a0 Small 3\/4 inch\u00a0cones\u00a0provide little ornamental value.\u00a0A notable tree form occasionally available from U.S. nurseries\u00a0 is ‘Hondai’; it grows\u00a0much shorter\u00a0 at 30 – 35 feet\u00a0in height with dense sprays of dark green foliage.<\/p>\n

False arborvitae grows best on a moist well-drained site in full sun or bright shade . Occasional watering is recommended\u00a0in\u00a0severe summer\/fall\u00a0dry periods. False arborvitae needs to be sheltered from\u00a0dry winter winds.<\/p>\n

Winter foliage color may vary\u00a0by location and cultivar planted.\u00a0In Southern Appalachian Region (USDA zones 6 and 7), winter foliage takes on a\u00a0muted olive-green tone.<\/p>\n

Two most popular dwarf clones are:<\/p>\n

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  • ‘Aurea’ – a\u00a0dense shrub with golden yellow foliage; grow in light shade.<\/li>\n
  • \u2018Nana\u2019 – a slow growing, dwarf mounding form with good plant symmetry; its wintry foliage takes on a silvery tint.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    A 10-year old ‘Aurea’ or\u00a0‘Nana’ thujopsis grows 3 to 4 feet tall\u00a0and 5 to 6 feet wide.<\/p>\n

    False arborvitae is hard to find in the nursery trade, available thru e-commerce specialty nurseries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hiba or false\u00a0arborvitae (Thujopsis dolobrata)\u00a0is a slow to moderate growing evergreen shrub or tree. It is also called elkhorn cedar and deerhorn cedar, referring to the shape of\u00a0its scale-like leaves. Tall 50-80 feet tall tree forms arefound in the forests of\u00a0Japan. This native of Japan and China has\u00a0a pyramidal form and beautiful dense foliage, similar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,617,800,604,853,729,630,687,7,231,113,655,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11203,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions\/11203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}