Thuja occidentalis 'Mr BOWLING BALL' dwarf white cedar, arborvitae
size/type
medium-sized shrub,medium-sized shrub
usual height
0,6-0,8m
usual width
0,6-0,8m
leaves
evergreen conifer
colour of leaves
flowers
insignificant or non-blooming
location
full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)
3 (down to -40°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Mr.Bowling Ball is a funny name for a unique arborvitae variety. It is a dwarf, cushion-forming, evergreen conifer with medium green, thread-like, lacy foliage. In winter it gains reddish-purple shade on insolated parts. It grows rather slowly and looks like cryptomeria Globosa Nana, however, Mr.Bowling Ball is much hardier and can therefore be used for growing in outdoor pots. Its spherical shape is natural but for a clean ball shape we suggest trimming it regularly either in early spring or in midsummer.
It is soil tolerant but dislikes boggy locations and long-standing water, as well as long-lasting drought. Just keep the soil moist after planting by mulching, and you will get a fantastic plant. Hardy to about -40°C (USDA zone 3).
Last update 23-03-2013
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
