thuja smaragd hedge
Thuja 'Smaragd', also known as Green Cedar or Green Arborvitae, is a favourite choice for gardeners and landscapers throughout New Zealand seeking to create beautiful, easy-care evergreen boundaries. Renowned for its striking, naturally conical form and vivid emerald-green foliage, the thuja smaragd hedge brings a refined structure and year-round privacy to almost any garden. It thrives in a range of conditions, is frost hardy, and is more tolerant of varied soils than many other conifers—making it an excellent solution for a reliable living screen or windbreak.
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
