Description

An attractive evergreen garden shrub with golden foliage, upright and narrowly columnar, an ideal size for small-scale articulation in the home landscape; hardy and adaptable, best with adequate sun, resistant to windburn

Landscape Attributes

Gold Cargo Arborvitae is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

Gold Cargo Arborvitae is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Gold Cargo Arborvitae will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 7 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selection of a native North American species.