Franky Boy

This Oriental Arborvitae Dwarf evergreen with an upright pyramidal form and slow growing, to about 4″ a year, makes a fantastic and unusual specimen or accent for the garden, containers and miniature and Asian gardens. Works fantastic as an unusual topiary.

Planted in full sun and growing to about 3-4′ tall and wide Franky Boy’s unique long filaments of thread-like lemon yellow golden foliage juts out from a lime green interior and turn a striking bronze-orange in the winter providing a great color contrast to other plants. The lovely foliage moves and sways in the breeze mimicking the effects of ornamental grasses without winter die-back.

The plant benefits from a light yearly shearing, cutting about 1/3 of the growth to encourage a formal, compact form and provide a proliferation of bright and colorful foliage.