Thuja trees

Thuja plants, also known as the “Christmas Tree,” can be employed for a variety of reasons in your garden.

• You can plant them as privacy hedges, to hide a structure, or to create visual focal points in a landscape.
• You can also plant a live thuja tree for indoor decoration during Christmas. They can be planted in the garden after the holidays for decorative purposes.

Plant features

• Type: Evergreen tree or shrub
• Lifespan: 50 to 150 years
• Light: Sun, part shade
• Soil: Well-drained
• Form: Ball, Pyramid, Conical
• Design Tip: Green screen
• Other Uses: Rock gardens
• Peak Season: Year-round foliage
• Height: 15 inches to 12 feet high

Some information about thuja tree

• They belong to the Arborvitae plant family. Arborvitaes are cedar trees with flattened, evergreen foliage. You have probably seen these hardy trees or shrubs in your neighbor’s garden or someone else’s.
• Thuja plant is a hardy and fast-growing beauty in the garden. It can thrive in partial shade as well as sunny locations and has a lifespan of up to 150 years. However, the older trees may start to look motley and shaggy; that’s just their way.
• With a high density of green foliage, thuja trees can solve problems in nearly any size garden.
• Be happy to grow thujas as long as you can provide well-drained soil.

Planting Thuja trees

• When planting thuja trees, dig a wide hole, but not too deep—the top of the root ball should sit at or slightly above ground level when you fill in the hole.
• To help the tree get established, put it on a drip irrigation line or water for 24 hours with a soaker hose twice a week during its first season in the ground.