Tall Guy Arborvitae is a dense evergreen shrub with a dense upright columnar habit without gaps and soft lacy scale-like foliage that stays bright green year round. Best grown full sun and well-drained soils. Drought tolerant once established. Tall Guy is resistant to needle bight and leaf burn.
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Type:
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Shrub, Conifer
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Origins:
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Northeast N. America
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Height:
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8' - 12'
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Spread:
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2’ - 3'
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Spacing:
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5'
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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4 - 8
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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N/A
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Season of Interest:
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Year-Round
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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, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, Foundation Plantings, and Hedges.
COMPANION PLANTS: Barberry, Spirea, Rose
IMAGES: W.carter, Top of a white cedar in the rain, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) LlamaAl, Arbusto1, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3)
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
