Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. One of the most widely used landscape plants is the ...

Arborvitae grows either as a tree or a shrub, depending on the variety. The height ranges from 2 to 60 feet, with many dwarf cultivars available. Arborvitae trees offer year-round interest and grow ...

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 ...

I moved to Jacksonville from North Georgia and I love arborvitae. Can I grow them here? You certainly can grow Arborvitae Platycladus orientalis in North Florida. It is easy to grow, drought tolerant ...

Q: An arborist suggested topping my arborvitae hedge so that the top branches don’t splay out if we get snow. They’re healthy now and I like them tall so I’m worried about cutting them. Is it really ...

CORVALLIS – For a hedge, arborvitae has a place. It’s tall, skinny, evergreen, low-maintenance and cheap. “Some people look down on arborvitae, but it fits in places that other things can’t,” said ...

USA TODAY Shopping: Shop sales in tech, home, fashion, beauty & more curated by our editors. An unusual evergreen shrub is the fire chief arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis ‘Fire Chief’), which is round ...

A person with gardening gloves and sheers pruning an evergreen - Mariya Surmacheva/Getty Images Not all evergreens require pruning — being low-maintenance is part of their appeal — but some can ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most widely used landscape plants is the American arborvitae — Thuja occidentalis. Growing naturally in many regions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learn to grow arborvitae, or 'tree of life,' a slow-growing evergreen tree with dense foliage often grown for privacy. Joe Burrow ...