Add elegant texture and graceful movement to your landscape with Filiformis Arborvitae, also known as Threadleaf Arborvitae. This unique evergreen conifer is prized for its delicate thread-like foliage that creates a soft flowing appearance unlike traditional arborvitae varieties. Its feathery green branches add year-round texture and visual interest, making it a beautiful focal point for foundation plantings, rock gardens, privacy screens, Japanese-inspired landscapes, and mixed evergreen borders.

Filiformis develops an upright form that gradually broadens with age, creating a relaxed airy appearance that softens the landscape while maintaining evergreen structure through every season. Hardy, adaptable, and low maintenance, this distinctive conifer is ideal for gardeners seeking refined texture and elegant architectural form. These healthy plants are shipped established in 1 gallon nursery pots and are ready to thrive in the landscape.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Filiformis Arborvitae
✔️ 1 gallon pot plant
✔️ Threadleaf evergreen conifer
✔️ Healthy, rooted landscape plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information
Common Name: Threadleaf Arborvitae
Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis ‘Filiformis’
Plant Type: Evergreen conifer shrub
Growth Stage: Established potted plant
Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Well-draining slightly acidic to neutral soil
Watering: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Mature Height: Approximately 6–10 feet
Mature Width: Approximately 3–5 feet
Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
USDA Zones: 3–7
Container Friendly: Yes, when young and properly maintained

Care Tip: Plant in full sun for the densest growth and richest green foliage color. Minimal pruning is required, though light shaping can enhance its naturally flowing form.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.