smaragd thuja
Looking for an elegant, low-maintenance evergreen to enhance your New Zealand garden? The smaragd thuja (Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'), also known as Green Cedar or Green Arborvitae, is a top choice for hedging, screening, and formal landscapes. With its naturally tight, upright pyramidal shape and vibrant emerald-green foliage that holds colour beautifully year-round, smaragd thuja creates a lush, private boundary or a striking feature planting—all with minimal care.
Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' (Green Cedar)
Green Cedar, Emerald Cedar, Green Arborvitae
Thuja 'Smaragd', commonly known as the Green or Emerald Cedar, grows with a narrow, dense, and columnar habit. The foliage is rich green, sometimes tinged bronze in winter, and produced with a somewhat layered effect to give the plant an interesting texture. It typically grows to 7 m in height and 2.5 m in width in full sun. Thuja 'Smaragd' is commonly included in a mixed planting, used as a backdrop for smaller plants, grown for shelter or screening, used for hedging, or planted to line an entranceway or avenue. It is excellent for providing an architectural element and suits being planted against a large, bland wall.
- Suited to regions:
All regions - Plant type:
Conifers - Height:
7.00 m - Spread:
2.50 m - Tolerances:
Extended dry periods, Hardy - Garden uses:
Containers, Hedging, Screening - Garden styles:
Architectural, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Formal, Frontyard, Modern
