Trimmed to show the legs... trimming like this is also much better if you are planting conifers in flower gardens. Otherwise, the conifers can take up way too much room.
Thuja occidentalis 'Globosa Aurea' [GOLDEN GLOBE] 23W49 Arb S4- (Golden Globe?) Dwarf Golden Globe Arborvitae Arb, Size at 10 years: 5x5ft., Golden Yellow, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed S4 for 11.4 YEARS (Lowes,). Planted in 2012.
Big Box item. Tuya Golden Globe. Dwarf variety with bright golden foliage. Rounded growth habit. Seems like a very common variety. After two years, starting to look more globe like. Planted in 2012. Trimmed bottom branches. ~5x4 feet in 2019. Correct name seems to be Thuja occidentalis 'Golden Globe'
American Conifer Society: Thuja occidentalis 'Golden Globe' is a slow-growing, globose selection of Arborvitae with loose, upright branching holding sprays of soft, golden-yellow foliage that holds year-long. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 3 feet (1 m) tall and wide, an annual growth rateo of 3 to 4 inches (7.5 - 10 cm).
This foliage on 'Golden Globe' is similar to that of Thuja occidentalis 'Woodwardii,' from which it is thought to have originated as a golden branch sport. It is said to have been sent unnamed to Europe in the early 1960s where F.J. Grootendorst Nursery of Boskoop, The Netherlands named it and introduced it to the nursery trade.
2022 note: severe trim. Found brown thrush nest. Now has legs and is much more interesting in the garden.
Photo by Frank D.Richards, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Creative Commons Copyright CC BY-SA 4.0.
Link to additional photos of this plant on my Flickr account from 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23:
https://www.flickr.com/search/...[GOLDEN%20GLOBE]
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