Rogers Aurea Sport Arborvitae is a compact evergreen shrub with an upright rounded pyramidal habit that creates an egg-like silhouette. Its soft flat sprays of aromatic scale-like foliage emerges gold and matures to green with soft chartreuse yellow tips where the sun hits, before turning a striking copper in fall. Best grown full sun and well-drained soils. Rogers Aurea Sport is verticillium wilt resistant.
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Origins: |
Northeast N. America |
Height: |
4' - 6' |
Spread: |
3’ - 4' |
Spacing: |
4' |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 9 |
Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
N/A |
Season of Interest: |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. No pruning necessary. Leaf blight and leaf miners may be occasional problems. Watch for canker.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, Foundation Plantings, and Hedges.