Anna's Magic Ball® Arborvitae (Thuja)

(Thuja) Anna’s Magic Ball® Arborvitae is a delightful little evergreen that brings bright, cheerful color to the garden all year long. This Proven Winners® selection forms a perfectly round, compact ball, reaching only 2-3 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide, making it ideal for small spaces, borders, and decorative containers. What sets Anna’s Magic Ball® apart is its vibrant golden foliage that stays rich and sunny even through winter—unlike many gold-toned evergreens that fade or bronze in the cold. Its fine, feathery texture adds softness to mixed plantings, and it pairs beautifully with darker greens, blues, or purples for striking contrast. Hardy in zones 3–8, this little Thuja thrives in full sun to part shade and prefers moist, well-drained soil. It’s deer-resistant, low-maintenance, and naturally globe-shaped, so it requires no trimming to stay tidy. Use it as an accent in rock gardens, along walkways, or in year-round containers to add a pop of gold that brightens any landscape, even in the depths of winter. Anna’s Magic Ball® is proof that great things come in small packages—easy to grow, full of color, and always garden-ready. A Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Shrub.