Hiba arborvitae is a slow-growing, refined evergreen warranting more use in the northwest. While similar to our western red cedar, it has bolder foliage that is glossy, deep forest green above, with beautiful, startling white markings beneath. Leaves are held in wide, flat branchlets and the overall effect is richly textural. The distinctive foliage has inspired two curious common names: deerhorn cedar and battle axe cedar.
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