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 ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. White-cedar is a slow-growing tree that reaches 25 to 40 feet in height and ...

If you'd like to add privacy, shade, or just a windbreak shrub to your yard, arborvitae are a great way to do that. Arborvitae belong to the cypress family and are versatile evergreen trees and shrubs ...

There are two separate tree species that are called white-cedar. Northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis), also called arborvitae or just cedar (there are over 40 local names), grows in Quebec to ...

r Don't let them get stressed from anything else. * Baby them through the next few growing seasons, making sure they get enough water. Don't let them get drought-stressed. * The drip line around the ...

Since I became a landscape designer, I have used many arborvitaes in many different applications. This species of plant has many colors, sizes and shapes. I would use one columnar variety to emphasize ...

Q. Last fall, I planted 130 Northern white cedar trees because we were in urgent need of a windbreak, after the utility company went through and cut down all the trees in front of our house. I wanted ...

Last week, I told the story of losing a little spruce tree to my puppy's teething needs. Many people call every conifer a "fir" or a "pine tree," and it occurred to me that it would be useful to talk ...