Rheingold Cedar – Golden Evergreen Shrub

Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold' | 6–10 Inches Tall

Add year-round golden color and beautiful texture to your landscape with Rheingold Cedar, also known as Rheingold Arborvitae. This dwarf evergreen shrub is prized for its bright golden foliage, which deepens to a darker gold shade during winter.

Its naturally compact form makes it an attractive choice for low hedges, garden borders, containers, and specimen plantings.

Plant Details

• Common Name: Rheingold Cedar / Rheingold Arborvitae

• Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold'

• Plant Type: Dwarf evergreen shrub

• Shipped Height: Approximately 6–10 inches

• Foliage Color: Bright golden; darker gold in winter

• USDA Hardiness Zones: 4–8

• Mature Size: Approximately 5–6 feet tall and wide in ten years

Features & Landscape Uses

• Attractive golden evergreen foliage

• Richer, darker gold color during winter

• Naturally compact dwarf growth habit

• Excellent for low hedges and garden borders

• Beautiful container or patio plant

• Makes an attractive specimen shrub

• Can be left in its natural shape or sheared for a more formal appearance

Growing Conditions

For the best golden foliage color, plant Rheingold Cedar in full sun.

Its compact size and evergreen foliage make it a versatile choice for smaller landscape spaces, foundation plantings, containers, and formal or informal garden designs.

Plant Condition & Shipping

Your Rheingold Cedar arrives as a live, fully rooted plant in a soil-less growing mix.

• Plants are inspected for quality before shipment.

• Free shipping is available to most locations.

• Larger boxes and shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, APO addresses, U.S. territories, and remote areas may require an additional freight surcharge.

• Orders may be held when temperatures are above 89°F or below 20°F until conditions improve.

If your plant arrives damaged, please contact us promptly. Take photographs of the package and plant so we can help resolve the issue.

Please message us before ordering if you have any questions.

Please note: The shipped plant is approximately 6–10 inches tall. The stated mature size of 5–6 feet tall and wide describes growth over approximately ten years, not the size of the plant being shipped.