International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 156, No. 5 (Sep., 1995), pp. 679-686 (8 pages) Sixty-two slow-growing Thuja occidentalis (eastern white cedar), 6-28 yr in age and 11-52 cm in size, were ...

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 ...

What: An exceptional selection of the eastern arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis “Degroot’s Spire” is very popular because of its narrow, columnar form with dense green foliage that sometimes twists and ...

Northern white-cedar is a slow growing native North American boreal tree with the scientific name Thuja occidentalis. Arborvitae is another name for the tree in its cultivated and commercially grown ...

Q: We're planning screening in our yard and could use a tall conifer in one corner. I've been reading about thujas. But any time I hear words that sound so expansively positive like what I read about ...

WILLISTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Even though they’re tucked in a Williston business park, Thuja employees work among trees. “The name itself comes from the botanical name for an Eastern white cedar, which is a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Thuja occidentalis shows slow growth, strip-bark morphology, and extreme longevity when growing on cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, Ontario, ...

Now that Christmas and New Year's is over, it is time to have a little talk about the North Pole. No, I am not referring to the home place of the Jolly St. Nick but North Pole arborvitae, Proven ...

Q: We have a large sloped yard with a stream at the bottom. We would like to plant an evergreen on the north side of the yard to act as a windblock and also to block the view of a busy road. The area ...

Leaves – persistent, generally scale-like, 1/8″ long, glandular, and decussate. Twigs – grow in a fan like pattern spreading outwards, building on previous scales. Cones – 1/2″; erect with thin, woody ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...