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Plant: Highlights Janed Gold - Arborvitae
Arborvitae · Thuja occidentalis 'Janed Gold'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
Highlights is a tight, upright pyramidal arborvitae with yellow-gold foliage that keeps its color through winter, a sport of Emerald Green. It reaches about 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide in ten years and 20 feet with age. It grows in full to partial sun in evenly moist, well-drained soil, dislikes dry conditions, tolerates urban pollution, and suits hedges, privacy screens, containers and specimens.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 25 ft tall and 12 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-8
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Highlights is a tight, upright pyramidal arborvitae with yellow-gold foliage that keeps its color through winter, a sport of Emerald Green. It reaches about 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide in ten years and 20 feet with age. It grows in full to partial sun in evenly moist, well-drained soil, dislikes dry conditions, tolerates urban pollution, and suits hedges, privacy screens, containers and specimens.
- Foliage
- Yellow to yellow-gold foliage held year-round, including through winter.
- Pruning
- Pruning is seldom necessary; shelter from drying winds and mulch the root zone.
