Getting To Know: Thuja plicata ‘Whipcord’ On Standard - Western Red Cedar - April 2026
There I was, wandering the parking log aisles of the big box store seasonal nursery where I see the usual suspects: lots of arborvitae. Green Giant Thujas. Some pine trees. The normal stuff they have every year. But, if you look hard-enough, you can also find some interesting, far-less-common things that arrive at the beginning of the season. One of the 'I haven't seen that before' things was on a pallet in the evergreen section. See it below: What is this thing? It is a lollipop. Or...'on standard'. Something grafted on a trunk. And, it looks like a mop-head of evergreen needles. I grabbed the tag and it is labeled as "Thuja Arb Whipcord STD 7 gallon". A search for [Whipcord Arborvitae] turns up a bunch of listings Iseli Nursery has this listing page up for the Whipcord Western Red Cedar (on Standard) along with their POS sign. If they're selling it, that tells me something....