Fire Chief

Thuja occidentalis 'Fire Chief'

Fire Chief is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long.

Bloom time

Foliage plant

Hardiness

Zones 5–8

Sun

Full sun

Water

Moderate water

Mature size

3.9 ft × 3.9 ft

Type

Conifer

Verification

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Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 5–8. Expect it to reach about 3.9 ft tall and 3.9 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 10 years.

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When to plant Fire Chief

Plant Fire Chief in spring once the soil is workable, or by very early fall at the latest: an evergreen needs its roots down well before the ground freezes. For the middle of its hardy zones 5 to 8 range, that is March to May, or August on the fall side.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar: for the middle of its range, start with zone 6 in March.

One of 10 in the Arborvitae family. Same plant, same care.