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Arborvitae While arborvitae trees are a bit finicky to care for, these towering trees are beloved for their privacy screening capabilities when planted close together.
Emerald Green Arborvitae Arborvitae are popular landscaping plants due to their stately appearance and the privacy they offer when planted in a row. But they make great container plants too.
Thuja occidentalis, also known as northern white-cedar, [1] eastern white-cedar, [2] or arborvitae, [2] [3] is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeastern United States. [3] [4] It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.
The cultivar 'Green Giant' is popular as a very vigorous hedging plant, growing up to 80 cm/year when young. [23] The wood is light, soft and aromatic. It can be easily split and resists decay. The wood has been used for many applications from making chests that repel moths to shingles. Thuja poles are also often used to make fence posts and rails.
The old 2012 map, seen here, isn't as detailed or regional as the new plant hardiness map, in large part to the 2023 map including data from many more weather stations.
Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its common name is western redcedar in the U.S. [2] or western red cedar in the UK, [3] and it is also called pacific red cedar, giant arborvitae, western arborvitae, just cedar, giant cedar, or shinglewood. [4]
The foliage forms in flat sprays with scale-like leaves 2–4 mm (0.08–0.16 in) long, which are bright green in colour but may turn brownish or coppery orange in winter. The cones are 1.5–2.5 cm ( 5 ⁄ 8 –1 in) long, green ripening brown in about eight months from pollination, and have 6–12 thick scales arranged in opposite pairs.
It has a metallic green body [4] and at rest it holds its wings away from its body. Its common name is the willow emerald damselfly, [5] the green emerald damselfly, [1] or the western willow spreadwing. [6] It has an elongated abdomen and pale brown spots on its wings and resides in areas of still water with overhanging trees. [4]