Arborvitaes

Trees and shrubs such as Japanese maples, star magnolias, hinoki falsecypresses and arborvitaes will thrive for years, needing irrigation only during the driest parts of summer. ❋ Joel M. Lerner Special To The Washington Post (2010)

Unbroken barriers work best to reduce noise, but to acquire some semblance of year-round noise reduction from plants, use mixes of evergreens, including arborvitaes, spruces, pines and hollies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Small boxwoods and arborvitaes look fine in gardens but they look really stupid as set dressing behind movie and television stars. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think it is time for those arborvitaes to meet the compost pile. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The arborvitaes are dying out at the bottom on the garden side, though they still look great on the opposite side. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Most of the houses were neatly maintained, though the landscaping-old birds of paradise, arborvitaes, spindly tree roses-seemed haphazard. ❋ Kellerman, Jonathan (1992)

Chinese arborvitaes, a dozen of the New England or Lord ❋ Horace Walpole (1757)

As a result, the bottom areas of my arborvitaes have turned brown and thinned out. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Q. We planted several arborvitaes last year, and the heavy snow this winter caused the stems to bend over in opposite directions. ❋ JSOnline.com (2010)

Now, the arborvitaes grow rather well but it did take a few years for them to look full again. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once, one of our daughters (and I won't name her) decided to make the arborvitaes around our deck look less shaggy so she clipped the tops very neatly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Heavy, wet snow is not uncommon here in upstate New York, and that type of snow can cause some major damage to your evergreens, particularly arborvitaes. ❋ Unknown (2009)