Whipcord Arborvitae is a dwarf evergreen shrub that forms a mound of long, drooping whipcord-like sprays of glossy green foliage that turns bronze in winter. Best grown full sun and well-drained soils. Tolerates wet soils.
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. No pruning necessary. Leaf blight and leaf miners may be occasional problems. Watch for canker.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, Foundation Plantings, and Hedges.
COMPANION PLANTS: Rose, Spirea, Barberry
IMAGES: cultivar413, 190615 058 Corona del Mar, Roger's Gardens - Thuja plicata 'Whipcord' Dwarf Western Red Cedar, (2) F. D. Richards, Thuja plicata 'Whipcord' (Iseli, 1999) 2020 photo
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown