Jim, you had a lecture at Logan’s, I believe in 2019, and my husband won a pancake from you… all as you describe, sits perfectly, no maintenance, we are 7b and it is in part shade. No pest damage, no diseases. Deer and rabbits are not interested and we for sure have plenty of them in the garden. It is still a perfect round compact plant. Thank you for introducing it.
Have one of these and love it. Nice soft texture in my flower bed for summer and structure in the winter. I love that it doesnt really bronze out in the winter, even in last winter's arctic blast.
Thanks for the info, Jim. Love the size and growth habit. I'm guessing that if we wanted to grow this in NC zone 8A, we would need to do morning sun, afternoon shade? And perhaps container planting would be best along with drip irrigation?
Cool looking arborvitae! Deer resistant? Lots of deer here and arbs are chomped during winter. I *think* there are now a few varieties that are more deer resistant than typical thuja.
A word of caution from our experience: Don't buy this if you have rabbit issues. We have absolutely awful problems with the rabbits eating our pancake arborvitae. We have had to put barriers around each one. We have eight of them and did not think about them being a favorite of rabbits. They have all been eaten, some more than others. One that is positioned at the end of a line along a sidewalk has been eaten down to about four inches tall and barely has any green left on it. Extremely disappointing plant choice for us since we have rabbit issues (along with voles, deer, chipmunks, squirrels). It is a beautiful plant and most of ours are doing well now, with barriers around them. Ha! Will we have to have barriers as long as we have these plants? I can't see what would allow us to take down the barriers, since this plant won't ever really grow taller than the rabbits can reach. And yes, of course, we could also use a spray repellant. But we have way too many plants to go around doing that all the time and after every rain. Our only hope is that we now have more hawks, coyotes, and foxes than ever before, so perhaps the rabbit population will swing back to a more tolerable level. I love Mother Nature, I just wish we had known that we shouldn't really buy this plant. I don't like buying plants for rabbit chow!
Jim, you had a lecture at Logan’s, I believe in 2019, and my husband won a pancake from you… all as you describe, sits perfectly, no maintenance, we are 7b and it is in part shade. No pest damage, no diseases. Deer and rabbits are not interested and we for sure have plenty of them in the garden. It is still a perfect round compact plant. Thank you for introducing it.
One day could we see an older one as you described?
I was hoping to see one as well.
Well if he's taking that one home with him, I'm sure you'll see it in future videos of his garden. :)
Have one of these and love it. Nice soft texture in my flower bed for summer and structure in the winter. I love that it doesnt really bronze out in the winter, even in last winter's arctic blast.
Thank you Jim. 🌺💚🙃
I love the Southern Living Plant Collection. I would have never known about it. if it wasn't for you. Thank you for the videos that you put out. ❤❤
Are there other dwarf varieties for zone 9? I’d love to have them in a container by my front door.
Cool little plant 💚
8b, full sun, & doing great! -PNW
So cute! I want to see one full grown!
Thanks for the advice on where to plant them
Thanks for the info, Jim. Love the size and growth habit. I'm guessing that if we wanted to grow this in NC zone 8A, we would need to do morning sun, afternoon shade? And perhaps container planting would be best along with drip irrigation?
We could use one. Interesting that it is a sport of Bowling Ball arborvitae. What if it reverts back? Although, both are pretty nice either way.
Cool looking arborvitae! Deer resistant?
Lots of deer here and arbs are chomped during winter.
I *think* there are now a few varieties that are more deer resistant than typical thuja.
I'd say probably not, as occidentalis varieties tend to be more commonly damaged by deer.
A word of caution from our experience: Don't buy this if you have rabbit issues. We have absolutely awful problems with the rabbits eating our pancake arborvitae. We have had to put barriers around each one. We have eight of them and did not think about them being a favorite of rabbits. They have all been eaten, some more than others. One that is positioned at the end of a line along a sidewalk has been eaten down to about four inches tall and barely has any green left on it. Extremely disappointing plant choice for us since we have rabbit issues (along with voles, deer, chipmunks, squirrels). It is a beautiful plant and most of ours are doing well now, with barriers around them. Ha! Will we have to have barriers as long as we have these plants? I can't see what would allow us to take down the barriers, since this plant won't ever really grow taller than the rabbits can reach. And yes, of course, we could also use a spray repellant. But we have way too many plants to go around doing that all the time and after every rain. Our only hope is that we now have more hawks, coyotes, and foxes than ever before, so perhaps the rabbit population will swing back to a more tolerable level. I love Mother Nature, I just wish we had known that we shouldn't really buy this plant. I don't like buying plants for rabbit chow!
Thuja must always be pronounced thoo-yah in every country with no European alternate.
It is never thoo jah.
Like the 'j' in hallelujah.