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Every Thuja variety, A to Z
The complete Thuja list, the genus most gardeners know as arborvitae — all 53 varieties in the Sow catalog, alphabetically. For the ones gardeners actually plant most, start from the Thuja hub instead.
A4
- American ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Brabant'
- American Arborvitae FluffyThuja occidentalis 'Fluffy'
- American Pillar ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'American Pillar'
- Anna's Magic Ball ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Anna's Magic Ball'
C2
- Cheer Drops ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Cheer Drops'
- Connecticut Dwarf ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Connecticut Dwarf'
D4
- Dark Green ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Nigra'
- Degroot's Spire ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Degroot's Spire'
- Degroot's Spire ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Degroot'
- Dwarf Golden ArborvitaeThuja orientalis 'Aurea Nana'
E6
- Eastern ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Sting'
- Eastern Arborvitae Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
- Eastern Arborvitae Thin ManThuja occidentalis 'Thin Man'
- Eastern Arborvitae Western ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Columbia'
- Emerald Green ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Emerald Green'
- Emerald Green ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'
F3
- Fire Chief ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Fire Chief'
- Forever Goldy ArborvitaeThuja plicata '4Ever'
- Franky Boy Chinese ArborvitaeThuja orientalis 'Franky Boy'
G4
- Golden Ball ArborvitaeThuja orientalis 'Golden Ball'
- Golden Globe ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Golden Globe'
- Golden Rocket Oriental ArborvitaeThuja orientalis 'Golden Rocket'
- Green Giant ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Green Giant'
H1
- Highlights ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Highlights'
J1
- Junior Giant ArborvitaeThuja x hybrida 'Junior Giant'
K1
- Korean Arborvitae GlaucaThuja koraiensis 'Glauca'
L2
- Leprechaun ArborvitaeThuja x hybrida 'Leprechaun'
- Little Giant ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Little Giant'
M1
- Mr Bowling Ball ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Mr Bowling Ball'
N1
- North Pole ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'North Pole'
O2
- Oriental ArborvitaeThuja orientalis 'Conspicua'
- Oriental Arborvitae PomonaThuja orientalis 'Pomona'
P3
- Pancake arborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Pancake'
- Polar Gold ThujaThuja occidentalis 'Polar Gold'
- Primo ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Primo'
S5
- Sherwood Frost ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Sherwood Frost'
- Smaragd Emerald ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Smaragd Emerald'
- Spring Grove ArborvitaeThuja plicata 'Grovepli'
- Sudworth Globe ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Pumila Sudworth'
- Sunkist ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Sunkist'
T2
- Tater Tot ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'TATER TOT'
- Tator Tot ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Tator Tot'
V1
- Virginian ArborvitaeThuja x hybrida 'BFC68'
W8
- Wansdyke Silver American ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Wansdyke Silver'
- Weeping ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Pendula'
- Western Red CedarThuja plicata
- Western RedcedarThuja plicata 'Northern Spire'
- Westmont ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Westmont'
- Whipcord Western Red CedarThuja plicata 'Whipcord'
- Woodward Globe ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Woodward Globe'
- Woodward's Globe ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Woodwardii'
Y1
- Yellow Ribbon ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Yellow Ribbon'
Z1
- Zebrina Western RedcedarThuja plicata 'Zebrina'
Thuja list questions
How many Thuja varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 53 distinct Thuja varieties, all listed above. The wider genus is larger still — this is what is actually available and documented well enough to grow from, rather than every name ever published.
Which Thuja varieties are most popular?
The genus hub ranks them by how many gardeners actually save and plant each one, which is a better reliability signal. This page is the complete list in alphabetical order instead — useful when you already know the variety name you are looking for.
Why do two entries have the same name?
Some Thuja varieties are sold under the same common name by different nurseries, or a cultivar shares a name with the species it came from. Both records are kept and shown with their botanical names so you can tell them apart, rather than one being silently hidden.
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