But what pruning should you be doing at this time of year – and are certain plants better left alone? Prune spring-flowering ...

Hi Doug – To say I am disgusted with what happened to my Green Giant Arborvitae (Thuja standishii x plicata) over the past winter would be an understatement.

In recent years the plant known botanically as Thuja plicata has given us some choice options for evergreen plant material and scintillating texture in the landscape.

From 2009 exhibit labels: Pole is identified as carved from Western red cedar (Thuja plicata). Haida totem pole, carved at Kasaan, Alaska. This pole was commissioned in 1876 [sic, should be 1875] for ...

In summer, the bark is peeled and skilfully moulded around a white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) frame and stitched with white spruce (Picea glauca) roots. Clothing can be made from bark too!

Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) commissioner Teboho Maruping remains suspended over his involvement in the R5 billion Thuja Holdings deal.

Zone 4 to 8. A First Editions introduction. Thuja plicata is a non-factor in the southeast and for most of the eastern states. Does not appear as well adapted to humidity, drought, heat and heavy wet ...

Thuja plicata Atrovirens Also known as the Western Red Cedar, Thuja plicata Atrovirensis a slower-growing alternative to Leylandii hedges that's easier to maintain.

I have these planted around a golden needle Western arborvitae called Fluffy. Fluffy is, botanically speaking, a variety of Thuja plicata. The mature look should be awesome.

They were: Beech, Fagus sylvatica; Holly, Ilex aquifolium; Privet, Ligustrum species and cultivars; Western red cedar, Thuja plicata; and Rosa rugosa.