Tom Thumb Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalisĀ ‘Thom Thumb’
Other Names: Thom Thumb Arborvitae, Tom Thumb Thuga, Dwarf Globe Arborvitae
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones:Ā 3a-9bĀ Ā Find Your Zone
Plant Type:Ā Coniferous Evergreen Shrub
Height at Maturity:Ā 2-3′
Width at Maturity:Ā 2-3′
Suggested Spacing:Ā 18″ apart for solid hedges; 4′ or more apart for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form:Ā Ā Dense, Globose, Rounded
Growth Rate:Ā Slow
Flower Color:Ā None
Flower Size:Ā NA
Flowering Period:Ā NA
Flower Type:Ā NA
Fragrant Flowers:Ā Ā NA
Foliage Color:Ā Deep Green, Medium Green
Fragrant Foliage:Ā Yes
Sun Needs:Ā Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs:Ā Ā Average, Low when established
Soil Type:Ā Ā Clay, Loam, Sand, SiltĀ
Soil Moisture / Drainage:Ā Well Drained Moist, Well Drained Dry, Not Constantly Soggy!
Soil pH:Ā 6.5-8
Maintenance / Care:Ā Low
Attracts:Ā Birds, Visual Attention
Resistances:Ā Deer –Ā more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Insect
Description
A cute little evergreen for small garden spaces and container gardens, Tom Thumb is a dwarf, slow-growing American arborvitae cultivar with a distinctive global and finely-branched habit. It features attractive, medium green foliage in flat sprays. All grown up, Tom Thumb will be about 2 to 3 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing only 2 to 3 feet tall and wide, the Tom Thumb Arborvitae is great for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a low maintenance low hedge low hedge in sunny landscape borders. It’s smaller stature makes if a perfect choice for pots, planters and other containers. A fine addition to conifer gardens, rock gardens and formal gardens.Ā
Suggested Spacing:Ā 18 inches apart for solid hedges; 4 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
Arborvitae are very easy to grow and care for. They are adaptable to many soil types including red clay and like full sun to part shade. They prefer a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and don’t like an overly dry site. As with so many other ornamental plants, constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. Maintenance is minimal with very little if any pruning ever required.
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I needed to fill in the space below Hinoki Cypresses — filled the bill perfectly.——————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy your purchase for years to come! Thanks for the awesome review! š Beth Steele | WBG
I love these plants. I ordered 6 and the price was very attractive. The plants were packaged nicely. So far they are doing well. Just planted them a few days ago.———————————————————-Thanks for the wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! š Beth Steele | WBG
Great quality plants, So far they are doing well.——————————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! š Beth Steele | WBG
Amazing healthy plants. Perfect shape and color.———————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! š Beth Steele | WBG
To my surprise these arrived quickly. Packed well too! They are perfect for the space! They arrived green and round like the photos. Soft to the touch. We have had several people inquire about them already. We planted this garden ourselves and wanted evergreen texture and color. They look great!———————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG š
These little Thom Thumbs arrived on time, well-packed, and in nice condition.———————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG š
I just installed 8 plants plus others from you. Believing that a picture is worth a thousand words, Iām sharing these. My home is 21. The front bed under the two windows had very sickly Indian hawthorns, the largest was completely dead, two were bald except the very tips and the fourth was vigorous on the remaining 1/4 (3 years of pruning away dead limbs made a lopsided mess). After removing that one and cleaning him up, I transplanted him to a spot in my backyard. What you see planted, from left to right, a mock orange that I have trained into a tree: front row is 6 Tom Thumb Arborvitae, back row is 2 fire power nandina, the Slender Hinoki, and 2 more nandina. I have left space for one more mock orange. This garden bed is L shaped. The leg of the L has foxtail fern. In the second picture you can see I have foxtail fern scattered about. That bed also has firepower nandina in it. All of the new plants remain happy one week after planting.
The final picture is a bed in my backyard. In it are 3 Hydrangeas from you. On either side of the hydrangeas stand an oak that is native and probably more than 60 years old and a trellis for my star jasmine to enjoy. I originally bought the gorgeous snow cicle hydrangea. It did not like it here. I live in zone 8b and we had a rough dry summer. Hoping these three babies will survive. The one on the left came from you and has been in the ground since Spring. The two new ones look very content for now.
One last note, I have sung your praises with my sister in the Dallas area, my brother in El Paso, all my children from here to Virginia. I shared with the owner of my Landscape company, Vincent U. He is impressed. I love my plants.
Thank you————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! š Beth Steele | WBG
The final picture is a bed in my backyard. In it are 3 Hydrangeas from you. On either side of the hydrangeas stand an oak that is native and probably more than 60 years old and a trellis for my star jasmine to enjoy. I originally bought the gorgeous snow cicle hydrangea. It did not like it here. I live in zone 8b and we had a rough dry summer. Hoping these three babies will survive. The one on the left came from you and has been in the ground since Spring. The two new ones look very content for now.
One last note, I have sung your praises with my sister in the Dallas area, my brother in El Paso, all my children from here to Virginia. I shared with the owner of my Landscape company, Vincent U. He is impressed. I love my plants.
Thank you————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! š Beth Steele | WBG
These Tom Thumb arborvitae arrived in great shape, even for traveling over a holiday weekend. They add just the touch we were looking for to dress up our new patio. The picture also shows our Twilight Crape Myrtle, and nearer the house, three Chinzan Dwarf Azaleas, all from Wilson Bros. and all doing great! I wish I had more yard for more plants!———————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! š Beth Steele | WBG
















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