Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A garden with a lawn, a small flower border, and a tall green hedge If you're looking for a natural way to screen an overlooked ...

UPDATE: This story has been updated to add information about the flammability of arborvitae. CORVALLIS – For a hedge, arborvitae has a place. It’s tall, skinny, evergreen, low maintenance and cheap.

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. One of the most widely used landscape plants is the ...

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If you'd like to add privacy, shade, or just a windbreak shrub to your yard, arborvitae are a great way to do that. Arborvitae belong to the cypress family and are versatile evergreen trees and shrubs ...

We often overlook a lush native evergreen that is ubiquitous in our landscapes — the American arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis). The word arborvitae is from a French phrase meaning “tree of life.” ...