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| Description | Rheingold arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) is a medium size shrub that has a chameleon effect. In the summer it is a bright golden yellow color and in the winter it turns to an old gold or coppery bronze color. |
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| Pronunciation | (thu-ya)(ok-si-den-TA-lis) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Coniferous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny to partial shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average to moist |
| Flowers | not ornamental |
| Leaves | The foliage of the juvenile plant will be soft but becomes much coarser as the plant matures. Golden yellow color in the summer changing to a coppery bronze color in the winter. |
| Dimensions | Slow growing staying medium to large in size. As of 2012 the shrub in my garden is 5-6 feet tall by equal or greater spread with pruning. I am estimating it will get at least a couple feet wider and taller. |
| Propagation | The position where the cutting comes is reported to determine the type of plant. Cuttings from the feathery juvenile growth will produce a smaller feathery plant. Cutting from the vigorous adult top growth produces a coarser plant. |
| Cultivar Origin | "This cultivar originated as an exceptionally stable, juvenile-foliage branch mutation, found around 1900 on a specimen of Thuja occidentalis 'Ellwangeriana Aurea' by Rud Vollert, a nurseryman from Lübeck, Germany." (#202) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery), #34-Blooms of Bressingham Gardens Plants (Bloom), #38-Conifers for your Garden (Bloom), #202-American Conifer Society (www.conifersociety.org) |
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