Product Name: Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’

Style: Evergreen Conifer / Elegant Privacy Screening Tree

📌 Product Description

The Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’, commonly known as the Emerald Green Arborvitae, is a refined evergreen conifer admired for its dense upright growth habit and rich emerald-green foliage. This elegant ornamental tree is highly valued for creating formal hedges, privacy screens, entrance features, and architectural landscape designs.

Featuring a naturally narrow pyramidal shape with soft feathery evergreen foliage, ‘Smaragd’ maintains its vibrant green colour throughout the year, making it one of the most popular conifers for structured garden layouts and luxury outdoor spaces. Its compact vertical growth and neat appearance make it ideal for smaller gardens, pathways, patios, and contemporary landscapes.

Hardy, low-maintenance, and visually striking, Emerald Green Arborvitae provides year-round structure, privacy, and sophisticated greenery in residential and commercial environments.

📏 Size & Specifications

• Correct Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’
• Common Names: Emerald Green Arborvitae, Smaragd Thuja, White Cedar
• Plant Type: Evergreen conifer tree
• Growth Habit: Upright narrow pyramidal growth
• Foliage: Dense emerald-green feathery foliage
• Growth Rate: Moderate-growing evergreen screening tree

🏛️ Best Placement Conditions

• Location: Suitable for outdoor gardens and landscape planting
• Light Exposure: Prefers full sun to partial shade
• Surface: Best planted in well-draining garden soil, borders, or formal landscape settings
• Exposure: Ideal for hedging, privacy screening, entrance features, courtyards, and structured landscapes

Maintenance

• Water regularly during establishment period
• Once established, moderately drought tolerant
• Prune lightly to maintain formal shape if required
• Feed seasonally with balanced fertiliser for healthy growth
• Mulch around base to retain moisture and suppress weeds
• Avoid poorly drained waterlogged soil conditions

🌼 Additional Benefits

• Elegant year-round evergreen colour
• Excellent privacy screening and hedging plant
• Naturally neat pyramidal growth habit
• Low-maintenance and hardy landscape conifer
• Adds structure and sophistication to gardens
• Suitable for formal and contemporary landscapes
• Wind-resistant and adaptable once established

🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Privacy hedging and screening
✔ Formal garden landscapes
✔ Entrance and driveway planting
✔ Courtyard and patio borders
✔ Architectural garden design
✔ Evergreen feature planting