My Thuja Orientalis Aurea Nana have grown nearly 2 metres and nearly 80cms thick hedge
By Anisetta
Australia
My Thuja Orientalis Aurea Nana have grown nearly 2 metres tall and about 80cms thick hedge. I was told they would not grow more than 1.50m tall. But they have shot up over 10 years. Can they be trimmed ? How to trim them ? I would not want to have anybody trim them too much. Please help.
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Thuja
- 11 Apr, 2017
Answers
I was thinking the same. I wonder if you were mis sold the plants.
as Moongrower says a photo would help.
welcome from me too :o)
11 Apr, 2017
That was my thought SBG... mis-sold plants.
11 Apr, 2017
'Aurea Nana' grows larger in warm climates than it does in cold ones--and guess who writes the descriptions! Also, 'Beverlyensis', which is a much larger variety, has been sold as 'Aurea Nana'. 'Raffles' is a more reliably dwarf variety, though it may be hard to find. The slightly larger 'Westmont' is easier to find, but it is a different texture, and it suffers when the temperature goes over 40ยบ. I suspect that it is actually a different species of Thuja.
12 Apr, 2017
Me too Tugb. but until Annisetta comes back to us we can't do much more...
12 Apr, 2017
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Hi Annisetta and welcome to GoY. Could you add a photo to your question please showing the actual hedge. The only Thuja Orientalis Aurea Nana is a very dwarf conifer that grows to, perhaps, a metre but usually less it also isn't normally considered as a hedging shrub and I wonder if this is actually what you have.
11 Apr, 2017