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Arborvitae Plants

In the cypress family, Arborvitae is an evergreen coniferous tree. Native to northeastern North America it has fan-like branches with scaly leaves and a ropy appearance. Compared to similar conifers, Arborvitae is a small tree, growing to between 30 and 65-feet, though a sparse few have been measured at 98-feet tall. The bark is reddish-brown and peels in strips which make exceptional fire tinder. Arborvitae also bears pine cones, but they are small, only being about 1/3 to 1/2-inch long and are most noticeable when growing in large clumps.

Arborvitae (pronounced ahr-ber vahy-tee) is also called Wintergreen, Eastern Arborvitae, American Aborvitae or White Cedar. This evergreen enjoys humidity and though it prefers moist, deep, loamy soil, it is quite adaptable to poor soils, even rocky and clay bases. Arborvitae is also tolerant of both acidic and alkaline soils and doesn’t seem to mind heat, drought and pollution, the latter of which means that it will also thrive in cities or urban areas.

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American Pillar Arborvitae Plant

Price $13.50

The 'American Pillar' Arborvitae Plant is also commonly known as Thuja occidentalis and is a sport of 'Hetz Wintergreen' Arborvitae. This Thuja is deer resistant and has exceptional winter hardiness, surviving temperatures down to -40°F, heavy snow loads and high winds. Growing tall and slender, the foliage on American Pillar is somewhat feathery and a rich emerald green. The tall columnar shape requires no pruning to remain stately and beautiful. Use as a living privacy fence to surround a patio or to mark a property line.

Green Giant Arborvitae Plant

Price $10.80

The 'Green Giant' Arborvitae Plant has been bred to be the perfect evergreen conifer for wind barriers and privacy screens. A deep, rich green, winter’s frost and cold will not force a color fade or change as with many conifers. Exceptionally strong, Green Giant is hardy down to -25°F and is able to withstand heavy ice and snow loads, as well as high winds. This maintenance-free Arborvitae is resistant to disease, has no significant pest problems, builds an amazingly stable root system and is even considered unappetizing by winter-foraging deer. Growing 3 to 5-feet per year, it will take almost no time to grow your own amazing living privacy screen or grow Green Giant as a windbreak to cut the northern winter winds and reduce your utility bills. Green Giant can be sheared or pruned to any size or shape.

North Pole Arborvitae Plant

Price $13.50

A new addition to this genus, the 'North Pole™' Arborvitae Plant, or North Pole Thuja occidentalis, is an evergreen that grows in a slender, columnar form, without you having to prune it to make it so. In fact, you don’t want to prune this one at all. This particular Wintergreen is exceptionally winter-hardy, not experiencing the browning that sometimes occurs in other varieties. It is an evergreen for all seasons! Use North Pole as a stately property line divider, as bookends to a bank of windows or to flank each side of your front entryway!

Spring Grove Arborvitae Plant

Price $13.50

The 'Spring Grove' Arborvitae Plant is a fast growing, winter-hardy Western Arborvitae. Keeping its gorgeous green color throughout the coldest winters, this cultivar is also drought and heat tolerant. In addition, unlike many Thuja, winter-foraging deer find Spring Grove to be unappetizing. Making a fantastic privacy screen, they grow much faster than spruce and take up a good deal less room, growing in a dense, tight, statuesque pyramid.

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