Available sizes: From 50cm to 7m tall (and everything in-between)
Root type: Available as containerised and / or root ball depending on the time of year
Lead time: 10 working days
Price: Contact our sales team at [email protected] for our best prices and availability.

Trade discounts available

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.
 

For expert advice, prices and availability, please contact our helpful and friendly sales team at [email protected] or speak to us on 01753 628664, we are here to help with your next planting project.