Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens' Brookgreen Gardens in a native plant garden

in a native plant garden

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

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

the foliage is reliably passed over by deer

upright grace carried down from high ground

Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens' Brookgreen Gardens in a native plant gardenA 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,