Position: Best in full sun; will tolerate some shade and stands exposed sites and thin chalky soil well
Soil: Any moist but well drained soil, acid or alkaline
Rate of growth: 30-60cm per year
Height: 20m or more, may be kept at 1-4m tall with pruning
Spread: 6m or more, may be kept at 1-2m wide with pruning
Flowers: Tiny, insignificant pollen cones
Fruit: Knobbly brown seed cones

Thuja plicata is a handsome and fast-growing evergreen conifer that makes an excellent dense hedge or screen, responding well to regular cutting. It makes a quick-to-grow, reliable and easy choice with flat sprays of tiny, scale-like, bright, glossy green leaves that are slightly silvery beneath and have a pineapple-like scent when cut. Left to grow unpruned, Thuja plicata ”Excelsa” forms a large conical tree with spreading lower branches and a trunk of red-brown bark. Thuja plicata is an easier plant to manage than Leyland cypress as it shoots more willingly from older growth.
 

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