Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens' Brookgreen Gardens acidic and humus-rich soil kept

acidic and humus-rich soil kept moist but well-drained

the plant suits both formal and naturalistic plantings and pairs beautifully with darker evergreens that throw the variegation forward

The double-flowered form is the cultivated elaboration

the foliage is reliably passed over by deer

and native phlox for a layered spring show

Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens' Brookgreen Gardens acidic and humus-rich soil keptA Victorian era English selection of one of the great trees of North America. The species, Thuja plicata, the western red cedar, is the dominant conifer of the Pacific Northwest coastal rainforest, the tree that towers 150 to 200 feet above the forest floor in old growth stands of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern California, with individual specimens documented at over a thousand years old. To the Coast Salish, Haida, Tlingit,