Holmstrup Arborvitae

The Holmstrup Arborvitae is the top choice when you want a smaller green column for your garden. On a lawn; alone or in groups; planted as an avenue or a screening hedge; in beds and around your home; or in pots and planters, this tree is the one you need. It reaches no more than 8 or 9 feet in ten years, and will be less than 3 feet wide by then, and it is a beautiful rich green every day of the year. Its characteristic vertical fans of foliage keep it tight and elegant, without trimming, and it is so hardy that even in zone 3 it stays green all winter.

• Tight, narrow column of rich green foliage
• Fresh color lasts all through the winter months
• Cold hardy to minus 40
• Smaller size for smaller gardens and pots
• Easy to grow in ordinary or damp soil

Grow the Holmstrup Arborvitae in full sun for the tightest growth, but it also grows well in partial shade. It grows in any soil, including wetter ones, and in all conditions except for dry, sandy soils. It is hardy in zone 3 and has no significant pests or diseases. It is dense enough to look neat without trimming, but it can easily be trimmed in early spring and late summer for the tightest, most formal look, if that is what you want to do.