This might be answer some of your questions.

Ian

Here is a link that might be useful: Nursery tag myths

Ian, thanks for the link. Sounds like these tags can range in width and height depending on where you are in the USA and how much sun it gets.

Thanks again. I live in St Louis, MO. If anyone has one of these plants, please let me know your experience....thanks!

Mine is about 1' wide and 5'-6' tall so far. It is 5 years old, but I had it in a container for a year or two, so it grew slower then.

My tag said 5-6'T x 5-6' wide. no way! ever!

Original plant when this was selected was 10'x4' if I recall correctly. Selected by Ron Williams of Green Bay, WI.

The Plant Geek
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Thanks for the info. I look forward to seeing this grow over time. Sounds great.

Wendyb...did you overwinter it in the container?

I saw a couple at Fordhook Farm (Burpee/Heronswood) in PA that were in a sheltered site by a building and they were at least over 10' tall (probably 12') and about 5-6' wide or so. I didn't ask how long they had been in. I was really surprised at how big they were.

If anyone is still checking this, I have 2 of these that are about 10 years old around my patio. One is roughly 8 feet tall by 1.5 to 2 feet wide. The other got smothered under the top 20' of a fallen white pine 2 years ago, but recovered nicely and is about 7 feet tall with the same 1.5 to 2 foot width. I'm in Michigan zone 5a, they get about 6 hours of direct sun a day. I think they are beautiful shrubs, narrow compact habit with feathery foliage and a perfect patio screen.

We have two fine lines in the front of our garage - they are 11 feet tall - we were wondering if we could cut them back to like 6 feet would that make them wider or would it hurt the shrub?

It would be best to start a new post and include pix.

tj