Add texture and whimsical beauty to your landscape with Thuja plicata ‘Whipcord’, a unique dwarf Western Red Cedar prized for its graceful weeping form and thread-like evergreen foliage. This eye-catching conifer features cascading whip-like branches that create a soft fountain-shaped appearance, making it a standout accent in rock gardens, containers, fairy gardens, and foundation plantings.

Its glossy green foliage provides year-round interest and develops attractive bronze tones during winter for added seasonal color. Slow growing and easy to maintain, ‘Whipcord’ is ideal for small spaces and decorative landscapes where unique texture and compact form are desired. You will receive a healthy container-grown plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Thuja plicata ‘Whipcord’ plant
✔️ Grown in #2 nursery container
✔️ Healthy, rooted evergreen conifer
✔️ Compact weeping threadleaf cedar
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Whipcord Thuja
• Botanical Name: Thuja plicata ‘Whipcord’
• Plant Type: Evergreen conifer shrub
• Growth Stage: Established container-grown plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; water regularly during dry periods
• Mature Height: Approximately 2.5 feet
• Mature Width: Approximately 2.5 feet
• Growth Rate: Slow growing
• USDA Zones: 5–8
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip

Apply mulch around the base to help retain moisture and protect roots during temperature extremes. Minimal pruning is needed to maintain its naturally graceful weeping 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.