{"product_id":"thujopsis-dolabrata","title":"Thujopsis dolabrata","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThujopsis dolabrata\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the hiba or false arborvitae, is a Japanese forest conifer with some of the most tactile foliage in the plant kingdom. Its flattened sprays carry large, glossy, deep green scale leaves, thick and almost reptilian to the touch, and each one is painted underneath with bold silver-white markings. Turn a spray over and the whole underside flashes white, a detail no Thuja can match.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness and seasons.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rated H6 by the RHS and holding the Award of Garden Merit, it is hardy to around -20C and reliably evergreen, so the lacquered foliage looks the same in January as in June, at its best when low light catches the silvered undersides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e For most gardens it behaves as a slow, architectural evergreen for a woodland edge, a sheltered border or a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003elarge container\u003c\/a\u003e, reading as a lush, exotic presence among ferns and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-shade\"\u003eshade planting\u003c\/a\u003e. Given decades it becomes a magnificent specimen, as the great hibas of Cornish gardens prove, and few \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e offer foliage this strange and this polished.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"19cm \/ 3L","offer_id":58864165618047,"sku":"THUJDOLO19","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/thujopsis-dolabrata.jpg?v=1792358642","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/thujopsis-dolabrata","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}