( Russian Arborvitae )
A low, spreading evergreen coniferous shrub. The needles have the scale-like flattened pattern of Thuja. Bright green during summer, purple to brown over the winter.
Russian Arborvitae
mi-kro-bi-O-ta
A single species (see below).
Microbiota: the Latin name.
Microbiota decussata [Russian Arborvitae, Siberian Cypress] Common Name List ...
Russian arborvitae is native to open or thinly wooded slopes in the mountains of southeastern Siberia. It grows both below and above the timber line, and often forms extensive shrublands where almost no other plants grow.
COMMON: Russian Arborvitae
LEAVES: Flattened, , bright green, evergreen, over the winter brownish-purple
SIZE: Grow to 12" high, spreading
HARDINESS: Zone 3 to 8
HABIT: Groundcover
GROWTH RATE: Slow to medium ...
Russian Arborvitae
Cupressaceae
leaves scale-like, appressed to stem, prickly to touch
leaves bright green in summer, plum/purple winter color
leaves lack white lines beneath
branches flattened into sprays, fine textured, feathery ...
Rudbeckia purpurea (Echinacea purpurea)
Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa)
Rum Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Russian Arborvitae (Microbiota decussata)
Russian Olive (Elaeagnus ebbengei)
Rusty Foxglove (Digitalis ferruginea 'Gigantea')
Ruta graveolens ...
Russian Arborvitae [English]: Microbiota decussata
Russian Basil [English]: Ocimum gratissimum
Russian Belladonna [English]: Scopolia carniolica
Russian Blue Lettuce [English]: Lactuca tatarica
Russian Blue Lettuce [English]: Lactuca tatarica var.
 See also: Arborvitae, Biota, Green, Pink, Crabapple
  
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