Description
Whipcord Red Cedar 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.
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Type: |
Shrub, Conifer |
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Height: |
4′ – 5′ |
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Spread: |
4’ – 5′ |
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Spacing: |
4′ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
7 – 10 |
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Culture: |
Full Sun, Part Sun |
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Bloom Color: |
N/A |
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Season of Interest: |
Year-Round |
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
