Family: cupressaceae
Common name(s): oriental arborvitae
Synonym(s): Thuja orientalis Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 5~6b - 9~11
General resources
Links for Platycladus orientalis
- BBC Gardening: Platycladus orientalis 'Franky Boy' - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses. (1 photo)
- Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (zone 5b-10) (15 photos)
- Denver Botanic Gardens: Platycladus orientalis 'Franky Boy' - Description, native range, and cultural requirements. (zone 5)
- Floridata - Illustrated informative profile page with notes on culture, usage, and noteworthy features. (zone 6-11) (2 photos)
- Garden.org - Community-assembled plant profile (3 varieties in database) (11 photos)
- Missouri Botanical Garden - Plantfinder page for one of the plants growing at the garden, with usually one or more photos, horticultural information, and noteworthy characteristics. (zone 6-9) (5 photos). Also pages for 'Aurea Nana', 'Collen's Gold', 'Elegantissima', and 'Westmont'.
- North Carolina State University factsheet - Plant profile with horticultural details and comments (zone 6b-9a) (7 photos). Also a page for 'Morgan'.
- Plant Delights Nursery: Thuja orientalis 'Aurea Nana' - Catalog page with photo, horticultural basics, and descriptive blurb. (additional pages for other varieties) (1 photo)
- Virginia Tech Dendrology - Factsheet with botanical characteristics and photos of various features. (6 photos)
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