Thuja orientalis 39franky boy39 is an interesting specimen plant for a garden with unusual foliage that looks like upward45growing coarse yellow45green strands this hardy evergreen conifer forms a rounded pear shape and can turn bronze47 orange during the winter before returning to green in the spring low maintenance plants oriental thuja only need pruning if you wish to give them a more formal shape versatile plants that are well worth adding to your garden they are happ