| Scientific Name: | Platycladus orientalis 'Aurea Nana' |
| Common Name: | dwarf golden cedar, oriental arborvitae |
| Family Name: | Cupressaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Hedge row, Small garden/space, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Scale-like, Imbricate, Leathery, Glabrous, Rhomboidal, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| A dense, conical shrub usually <2m tall; leaves scale-like, yellowish-green, in vertically oriented flattened sprays; seed cones oval, up to 2cm long; bark reddish-brown branchlets being two-ranked in a vertical plane. | |