Thuja occidentalis 50 PCS / 500 PCS fresh seeds, Northern white cedar, Eastern white cedar, Arborvitae, Swamp cedar, Thuja evergreen coniferous tree

Thuja occidentalis 50 PCS fresh seeds, Northern white cedar, Eastern white cedar, Arborvitae, Swamp cedar, Eastern Arborvitae, Thuja evergreen coniferous tree (lat. Thuja occidentalis)

An evergreen coniferous tree from the Cypress family (Latin Cupressaceae) of the genus Thuja. A slow-growing tree with a height of 12-20 meters, with a compact pyramidal or egg-shaped crown.

The bark of young trees is smooth, red-brown, later gray-brown, separated by narrow longitudinal ribbons in old age.

The needles are scaly, green, brown-green or brown in winter, small (0.2-0.4 cm), tightly pressed to the shoot, functions for 2-3 years and falls off together with small twigs (vetkopad). The upper side of the shoots is dark green and shiny, the lower side is matte, light.

The cones are ovoid, small (7-12 mm), consisting of thin scales, contain two flattened, with two narrow straw-yellow wings of the seed.

The wood is sound, reddish, relatively soft, very durable, without resin passages; has a pleasant aroma and is not subject to rotting. The root system is compact.

Hardy, durable and resistant to urban conditions, Western thuja is very widespread in ornamental gardening on all continents in many climatic zones.