Thuja orientalis “Nana”

Arborvitae “Berkman’s Gold”

                                          ID#402

 
 

Additional Information: Purchased at Bizon Nursery, VA

 

Spring 2007, somewhere in the Delmarva peninsula we stopped at a Nursery call “Bizon”. There we picked two evergreen trees to take home:

  1. -Berkman’s Gold

  2. - False Cypress “Temple Hof”.


The arborvitae, a small inexpensive plant has done well.

The younger arbovitae in bed #2,  I found  it growing as a “volunteer” among the border junipers in the same bed. Unsure of the cultivar, it looks so far identical to the first one.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 5- 8 ft x 3 ft PLANT TYPE: Evergreen, conifer GROWTH RATE: Moderate TEXTURE: fine LIGHT: Full sun to part shade WATER: medium, tolerated dry soil. SOIL: high Organic
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: Very tiny pink flowers at the tips of branches appear in late winter. Insignificant. FRUIT AND SEED: Seed cones yet to appear in this plant. KEY FEATURES: An upright columnar with vertical lines and juniper-like soft foliage that smells like pine when crushed. End of leaves have a gold tinge. Bronze color in outer branches during winter. Bright green other seasons.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch Spring 2007, about 2 ft. tall it stands now about 4-5 ft. tall and about 3 ft. width. It endures hot summers in almost full sun and a dry location . It bronzes a little in the outer branches during the summer months but never shows dry needles. Spring 2009, I transplanted the tiny tree only about 6 inches tall where it could get room to grow: Full sun and a hillside stop, the tree has done well. It shows more bronze color during the winter than the larger specimen, but otherwise the similarity is remarkable. Emerging time, Fertilization, Pruning, Thinning, Seed Collecting, Cutting, Roots, Division,....... Fertilize during growing season, no other care is required.
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Feb. 2010  **

02/2010

Bed #2,  June 2009

Bed #6,  Summer 2009

Winter color and flowers at the tips.