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is this Thuja Occidentalis?
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Sun, Nov 11, 12 at 14:36
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| Probably you know this, but that is just one of a great many forms of that species. +oM |
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| it also looks like they have been sheared by an army of maintenance men ... to my eye anyway .. considering what arbor day will send you.. about 30 years of growth there.. lol ... and i further note the multiple leaders.. which leads me to suspect.. those are not in snow load country ... ken |
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| Will the natural form of thuja occidentalis also be that dense? |
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| I have a row of 7 'Emerald Green' they were 6-8 feet tall when I bought them 6 years ago. I love them for looks and privacy, plus they make a great back drop for gardens and other plants Mine have needed little to no shaping over the years. Although I have nipped the tops, and headed back an individual branch or 2 so that it doesn't get lanky, otherwise the branches will splay badly under a snow load. V1 are you thinking about a privacy hedge? Mine are filling in slowly, they make an excellent screen against the neighbors. |
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| Hug, no, the straight species is not that dense. A stand of these is a very dark place and the trees are dense, but not to that degree. I've got a woods full of them. And while I'm quite the clutz when it comes to putting photos up here, a search for "northern white cedar", their common name, should reveal what I'm talking about. +oM |
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| I see. They are very common around here, grown as hedges. But it is always "Brabant" och "Smaragd", I have never seen the straight form. I would like a few free growing in my woods though, I like the bark |
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| Yes, marvelous trees-the species. In nature, they tend to form more or less pure stands. In my woods, paper birch and white pine are the typical associates. These two both grow much faster and overtop the developing "cedar" stand, but the cedar is in it for the long haul and will still be in full growing mode when the birch are starting to die out. The white pine of course can go on growing for another 100 or 200 yrs. It's weird-all across the Great Lakes States, of which my state is one, deer are holding back regeneration of this tree. They see it as an ice cream cone in the winter months. But here and there, such as where my woods is, they are regenerating like crazy. It can be hard to tell what exactly is allowing this to happen here but not there. Given freedom from excessive browsing, they are an extremely vigorous and capable plant, easily able to colonize new open land, especially if one is able to perform a controlled burn to get rid of all the downed limbs, brush, and whathaveyou. Most of the stands where mine are are said to have got their start in the 1930s following widespread forest fires. +oM |
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