Why Plant Fire Chief™ American Arborvitae Big?
Does your landscape need a spark? Fire Chief™ Globe Arborvitae will generate a five-alarm fire! This dynamic performer will give you color, color, color throughout the year. In spring, the new growth emerges a brilliant gold, soon developing warm orange-red tips that last throughout the growing season. Plant it where the sun will shine through its soft foliage and light it up like a bonfire. Part of our Firefly line, it works great as a single specimen, planted wherever you need a pop of color. For a real jolt, consider planting a row of Fire Chief™ Arborvitaes to make a low hedge that dazzles.
It’s hard to believe, but Fire Chief™ Globe Arborvitae is an Eastern Arborvitae, just like Emerald Arborvitae and the Arbs that grow wild in the eastern U.S. and Canada. Although they look nothing alike, they’re the same species. Kind of like Chihuahuas and Great Danes. Fire Chief™ originated as a single branch mutation of an older Arborvitae selection called Rheingold. Rheingold has an orange cast to it at certain times of the year, but this one branch showed deeper red coloration over a longer period. The branch was propagated, and the new plant was introduced in 2007.
How to use Fire Chief™ American Arborvitae Big in the landscape?
Fire Chief™ Arborvitae naturally forms a neat globe shape, even without pruning. This low-maintenance addition to your landscape will take up little of your time. It is also less likely to splay open than the older Rheingold variety, which has a weaker branching structure.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 5-8
How To Plant Fire Chief™ American Arborvitae Big
Give Fire Chief™ Globe Arborvitae a site in all-day sun to bring out the richest tones in its foliage. Shade will turn the leaves green. It isn’t too fussy about soil, but the soil should drain well. Water regularly—especially during the first year or two of establishment—and mulch with shredded bark, wood chips, or pine straw to keep the root zone cool and moist. This plant may struggle in the extreme heat and humidity of the Deep South.
How To Water
Fire Chief™ Globe Arborvitae will appreciate regular water during its first few years in the ground and irrigation during long dry spells after it’s established.
How To Fertilize
Incorporate Elements Starter Plant food granular form into the soil when planting. If planting in spring or summer, start fertilizing late fall using Elements Starter Plant food granular form on an annual basis each late fall. Continue this for the first three years to get your plant well established.
How To Prune
Little pruning will be needed, but you can give Fire Chief™ a light shaping you wish.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
