Buy Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star'

Also Known As

Red Star White Cedar

Plant type

tree, conifer

size

H: 4'-20'
W: 6'-8'

planting zones

3a-8b

4" Container | $19.99

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Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star' plant details

Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star' is an evergreen conifer tree with blue and green foliage. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in acidic, average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something pollution tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star'

Plant type: conifer tree
Plant family: cupressaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue and green
Mature size: 6 FT - 8 FT - wide, 4 FT - 20 FT - tall
Uses: border plant, columnar, hedge, rare, screen, winter interest, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star'

USDA Zones: 3a - 8b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: pollution and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: acidic, average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A blue-green, upright conical White Cedar also know as 'Rubicon'. Winter color is a deep plum color.

By: Conifer Kingdom

The lovely soft blue-green foliage of this compact, somewhat columnar (to 8't x 4'w) shrub turns a striking plum in winter; handsome in all seasons as hedge or specimen. S-PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

Dense growing, upright conifer with soft gray-green, crinkled foliage. Develops a red cast in winter. Found by H.J. Welch at Tennessee Valley Nursery.

By: Bloom River Gardens

Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star' - A dwarf form of White Atlantic Cedar. A very upright dense plant with juvenile star like foliage. Plant turns purple in winter. Usually needs no pruning at all for a very nice plant. Found at Tennessee Valley Nursery by H.J. Welch.

By: Kigi Nursery

By far my favorite thyoides, with very unusual dense juvenile foliage. It is the quintessential great looking, crappy growing clone, notorious for dropping dead at the slightest disturbance.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Red Star is one of the strongest growing plants in this group, 4-5? after 10 years and eventually reaching 15-20? tall in 25 years. The habit is columnar and dense with a bluish-green color in summer, turning plum-purple in cold weather. The leaves retain a juvenile form and are soft and feathery.

By: Fantastic Plants

Soft, gray-green foliage gets a burgundy cast in winter then returns to it's cooler summer color in spring. A cousin to Heatherbun but with distinctly different foliage. Extremely rare and new to the trade. Compact dense form. One of the few Native conifers, it helps bring biodiversity back to screens and hedges. Needs good sun for best performance.

By: Lazy S'S Farm Nursery

This cultivar grows in a columnar form. Soft, fluffy branches hold dark green needles in summer that turn purple in winter. Grows 1-3" per year. Perfect to fit in an empty garden space.

By: Greer Gardens Inc.

A small evergreen with a columnar habit, to about 4-5' tall x 1.5' wide in 10 years, eventually 15-20' tall and narrow. The cultivar name 'Red Star' refers to the dense and delicate, star-shaped, blue-green foliage that turns to a rich, warm purple-red in winter light. Sun for best color or part shade with lean, well-drained soil and regular summer water. Frost hardy in USDA zone 5.