Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis ‘Rheingold’
Common Name: Rheingold Eastern Arborvitae
Plant Hardiness: Zone 5
Flower: Not showy – borne singly at the branch tip.
Bloom Time:
Foliage: Orange-gold foliage during the summer, turning to a copper color in the winter
Fruit:
Habit: Slow growing, rounded shrub that is slightly taller than wide
Size: 4 to 5 feet tall and just about as wide
Sun Exposure: Full sun to partial sun
Native Habitat: Eastern United States and Canada.
Other Features:
Description: This is a very popular, globe-shaped shrub. Its new growth in the summer is a pinkish-gold, different from the ‘aurea’ forms of Chamaecyparis. The color attracts the eye from a great distance. A 10 year old plant, in ideal conditions, should reach a size of 3 feet in diameter and scarcely more than that in height (l gallon – 2 years old) (2 gallon – 3 years old). ‘Rheingold’ has proved to be one of the most popular of our semi-dwarf conifers.