North Pole shrub wins 2025 landscape honor
Norman Winter, known as The Garden Guy, touts North Pole arborvitae Thuja occidentalis as a 2025 landscape shrub of the year. He notes its 10 to 15 foot height, 5 foot width, adaptable containers, and year four growth from four feet to seven feet. He promotes planting this evergreen with colorful annuals in zone 8b West Georgia.