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Plant: Thin Man Arborvitae
Arborvitae · Thuja occidentalis 'Thin Man'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
Thin Man is a selection of the eastern North American species Thuja occidentalis, a dense evergreen conifer with fine textured, scale like foliage that is yellowish green to grayish green beneath and holds through winter. The species is slow growing and low maintenance, taking full sun to partial shade and clay or loam soils that stay moist but drain well, and it tolerates neutral to alkaline pH, urban pollution, wet soil and black walnut. Small oblong light brown cones ripen in summer and the shredding, furrowed bark and dense habit give cover to songbirds and small mammals. It is used for hedges, screens, foundation plantings and specimens.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 25 ft tall and 12 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-7
- Evergreen foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
Thin Man is a selection of the eastern North American species Thuja occidentalis, a dense evergreen conifer with fine textured, scale like foliage that is yellowish green to grayish green beneath and holds through winter. The species is slow growing and low maintenance, taking full sun to partial shade and clay or loam soils that stay moist but drain well, and it tolerates neutral to alkaline pH, urban pollution, wet soil and black walnut. Small oblong light brown cones ripen in summer and the shredding, furrowed bark and dense habit give cover to songbirds and small mammals. It is used for hedges, screens, foundation plantings and specimens.
- Foliage
- Scale-like in adults, ovate, obtuse to bluntly acute, yellowish green to grayish green below.
- Fruit
- The cone is oblong and light brown and measures 1/3 to 1/2 inches long.
- Bark & stems
- The attractive grayish brown to reddish-brown bark has shallow furrows.
- Native range
- Central & E. Canada to N. Central and Eastern North America
