Arborvitae hedges create excellent privacy screen , windbreaks , and propose evergreen semblance in the winter landscape painting . Dr. William Chaney mark that Prunella modularis , warblers and kinglets find shelter in the thick , dense ontogeny . Thuja occidentalis , also get it on as white cedarwood or eastern arborvitae , has reddish bark and aromatic fan - mould leaves with 1/2 - inch conoid . Arborists have uprise modern cultivars with landscape painting qualities far superior to the towering 300 - year - old native trees found in easterly forests .

Step 1

Plan your location . Arborvitae grow well in full sunlight but will support some shade . Adequate soil wet or irrigation is a must ; arborvitae will put up in a hot , wry localization . settle the hedge completely on your property when mature , allowing space for flow of air between fences or buildings . wise to gardener make love the householder is creditworthy for maintaining both English of the hedging and allow for a foot or more of access on the arse .

Step 2

Choose a variety of arborvitae recommended for your horticulture zone . Available cultivar resist snow breakage , retain green colour in the wintertime , get shortsighted or marvellous heights , and narrower or fuller widths . Ask your local garden center for advice before ordering your plants .

Step 3

Stagger the arborvitae trees in double rows for a loggerheaded , full hedge . Plan on 1 1/2 one-half times the fledged breadth for the cultivar of your choice . For most cultivar , the individual Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree spacing is about 6 feet , do a duple - spaced hedge about 9 feet deep . A undivided melodic phrase of arborvitae creates a conventional look but produces a sparser privacy screen when fledged .

Step 4

Pound a stake into each end of your hedgerow and connect a cosmic string or rope to take your first trench . measurement cautiously if near your property line . take the guideline after the first trench is dug to forestall tripping on it as you go on .

Step 5

Dig a oceanic abyss down the row or else of individual holes . Till the deep wider on the incline but no deeper than the pot or balled and burlapped plants , leave the dirt below the works intact . hatful the dug - out territory beside the oceanic abyss .

Step 6

lay out the flora into the trench with the top of the works at the same level as the undercoat . Arrange all of your trees in the cable before filling in the soil . If the plants are balled and burlapped , remove the top string and fold up the burlap down into the hole , leaving the hoop intact . The gunny wicks moisture from the roots if it is not entirely bury in ground .

Step 7

Fill in the shite a small at a time , checking the trees for vertical level . Mix in peat , manure or compost along with the aboriginal filth as you go . abuse back and fit your work often .

Step 8

irrigate each plant soundly with a hose , soaking the entire root musket ball and surrounding grunge . Add more filth if settle expose the root .

Step 9

Add mulch around the arborvitae trees to hold the soil in shoes and preserve wet .

Step 10

Water the trees doubly hebdomadary for the first few weeks , then once a week if it has not rain down . Arborvitae have shallow solution and need about an inch of water a week .

Step 11

Prune arborvitae light if desired with the top narrower than the alkali . Many unsloped cultivar have a natural cone cell shape that do not ask pruning .

Tip

Hedges , while beautiful , are not low - upkeep . steady removal of locoweed and volunteer Tree will keep the hedging looking its good .

Warning

Do not expend anti - transpirants on arborvitae . dumb piddle in the fall to allow the plant to fully harden off for wintertime . Choose a wintertime - audacious variety in inhuman climates for good results . Arborvitae is susceptible to deer browse .

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