Whipcord Arborvitae is a dwarf evergreen shrub that forms a mound of long, drooping whipcord-like sprays of glossy green foliage that turns bronze in winter. Best grown full sun and well-drained soils. Tolerates wet soils. Type: Shrub, Conifer Height: 4' - 5' Spread: 4’ - 5' Spacing: 4' USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10 Culture: Full Sun, Part Sun Bloom Color: N/A Season of Interest: Year-Round 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, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, Foundation Plantings, and Hedges. COMPANION PLANTS: Rose, Spirea, Barberry IMAGES: cultivar413, 190615 058 Corona del Mar, Roger's Gardens - Thuja plicata 'Whipcord' Dwarf Western Red Cedar, (2) F. D. Richards, Thuja plicata 'Whipcord' (Iseli, 1999) 2020 photo *As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown