Arborvitae, otherwise known as Thuja, is a well-known evergreen plant typically used as a hedge or boundary plant. With year-round greenery and a dense growing habit, arborvitae can be relied on to ...

Little giant arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis 'Little Giant') is a small, globe-shaped evergreen shrub that holds its color well through winter. It grows slowly and eventually reaches about 4 feet ...

Late winter or early spring is generally the best time to prune conifers (needled evergreens) such as arborvitae, but these plants do not respond well to heavy pruning at any time of the year.

Arborvitae trees and shrubs are native to the northern U.S. Arborvitae or Thuja occidentalis range from Nova Scotia to Manitoba in Canada to North Carolina and to Tennessee and Illinois.

Today’s evergreens not only offer practical solutions to garden challenges—but they look fabulous in the landscape, too. With ...

The arborvitae regained their structure and were still standing tall many decades later. Deciduous (leafy) shrubs that are flattened by snow and ice are better able to rebound than evergreens.

Q: Our son in the Twin Cities planted arborvitae last summer, watered them well, gave them good care and they looked great in the fall. When the snow melted this spring, the lower half of every ...

Q: I need to prune an arborvitae hedge because it is too tall. I’d like to remove 3 or 4 feet off the top of these shrubs. When is the best time to prune them?