How to Trim EMERALD GREEN Arborvitaes: Why, When, How?
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- Emerald Green Arborvitaes benefit from light annual trim in the garden. In this video I am explaining why we do it, how to properly trim arborvitaes and when to do it. Happy gardening!
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Best advice for complete overall care of these beautiful trees. And yes, water, water, water.
Great advice. I am going out right now to trim my 12 ft arborvitae. Details of process excellent. Great instructional video!!!
This is exactly the information I was looking for! Thank you so much. Tree looks great.
Thank you so much for your wonderful knowledge I have 3 Arborvitaes 🌲 trees here in the Dominican Republic where it's a hot tropical climate...
Good information ! Thank you! Looks like I have date with my Arb 😄💙
i built a property barrier about 12 years ago. it has 10 arborvitaes and they are all exceeding expectations planted 4 feet apart and providing a barrier. my feed is sawdust and mulch . i love these plants.
You gave those beautiful trees great space! Now all the benefits are there. Enjoy!
I enjoyed watching this video, and, even though I do not have any Arborvitae, I learned how to trim them. A very good video. Thank you.
This is very good info. Thank you.
Love your video thanks for posting
❤❤ your teaching videos I'm learning so much. Thanks bunches for sharing your knowledge. Tracey.
You are so welcome!
wow !! best video ever...answered many of my questiions...living in Montreal Canada with winters that challenge our 10 foot cedars with heavy snow
Excellent video! Bought my first six foot Emerald Green arborvitae for Christmas which will stay in a pot! I can keep it for years to come.
Sounds great! I love green arborvitaes in winter! Enjoy your new tree!
Hi, Olga. Great information that could be applied to a lot of other evergreens. Your arborvitae provide beautiful winter structure. I love how much TLC you give your plants. I don’t have any arborvitae, but I do have Spartan Junipers which I wish I had trimmed when they were young. The label states that they grow 1 metre (about 3 feet) wide, but this is not so. They have reached 3 metres(nearly 10 feet) in width, so gardeners beware! Happy gardening from Australia.
I love these plants. I have two that I planted off to the side of my porch, they are healthy & like where they are at as growth has been great. I wanted to trim the top of the biggest one as it is reaching toward the gutters. I will wait until spring. Thank you for your wisdom.
I had 1000 in hedges.Deer got in to gardens and sued as salad bar.Cost me plenty .Killed over 120 Thija trees in hedge form down to wood . So fenced tall and replanted
Olga, I patted my tiny 2 inch Arborvite that I am propagating in your name!!!😂😂😂 I am your new subscriber and enjoy your blogs.
Haha, your little arborvitaes were happy to be loved! Welcome!
Love it. Question, on a newly planted emerald about one year old, I see some roots above ground but the tree looks fine and healthy. Have you ever experienced this?
Thank you for this informative video… I have a dozen Arborvitae lining my driveway and was just wondering if it’s OK to use a hedge trimmer to gently trim up the sides or do I have to do it manually?
Hello olga,would just like to say thank you for your exuberance and out standing personality. Your channel is refreshing and a plethora of valuable knowledge. Do you have a problem with bagg worms on your thuga and how do you stop them. It would be so nice to hold a garden symposium of some kind in my beloved new harmony indiana. There are inn accommodations and guest houses on the properties. Our town and rge enterprises host several art,music,and writers conventions,and events through the year. Nothing set in stone,just throwing the idea out there. We have never hosts gardening classes,or workshops before. In a town of 850 people it is quiet,quaint,and its natural beauty is a therapeutic time of serene reflections
Aww, thank you! Bag worms are not my problem. Don't know why, but they are just not in my garden. I had a friend who did, problem became so bad, that the service had to come in. Early inspection is a must.
Great advice! I am curious about trimming branches individually with a hand pruner instead of the shears?
A lot of work, but if you have a small garden, why not to love it in a slow way, right?
Fantastic video! We planted a long wall of 20 of these in hopes for them to grow to a good privacy screen. They are growing well, however I am interested in knowing about pruning them for their best health. It’s been about 4 years now and I’ve not pruned yet. Some of them have reached as tall as 7 feet and counting. Is pruning in the way discussed here a good way to care for them, if I want them to form a wall, while still keeping them from growing into one another too much? We live in Maryland, zone 7b.
The biggest thing with arborvitaes is one leader pruning. You basically trim away all the competing tops and leave one growing. Eventually the tree will fill in and you won't see unsightly gaps. We do that to avoid snow load damage in the winter and unsightly growth in the mature age. Good luck with your arborvitaes!
What if I want to keep the arborvitae the same shape as in this video, but I want to keep it smaller. Can I shape it and cut it to keep the shape only smaller
will the leaders to grow roots if propagated correctly?
My 1 1/2 meter emerald tree has 2 trunks on it at ground level. Should I cut one off or just leave it alone?
My hedge of emerald green arborvitae is being crowded by varigated euonymus thus prohibiting growth. I'm considering taking the euonymus out so the arborvitae can "regenerate". When should I do this? It's mid June in Virginia zone 5.
Please do it asap, this way your arborvitaes will have a sigh of relief and will have some good time to regenerate. Prepare to be patient though.
Yo Olga I've got a few of these but they're too tall for my taste. Can I just cut the top to the height I want and shape it accordingly?
Thank you Ms Olga
Thank you so much for the informative video.
Question: I have 17 privacy arborvitae’s. Living here in Pennsylvania. This spring will be 4 years. They look healthy with no brown stems and their height is looking good. I’m concerned about the fullness. I’ve never trimmed them. What would you suggest for making these fuller and thicker? Thanks again 😊
If you want them thicker, give them a light trim once a year. Your arborvitaes will be fuller. The thin habit might be the indicator or drought or tough growing conditions... Arborvitaes do benefit from a deep soak in dry periods. Wish you much success with these beautiful trees!
@@OlgaCarmody Thank you. After watching your video again, I noticed the tops have 2-3 stems. By trimming and leaving the main stem, this should help the thickness as well?? Thanks again.
Hello Olga!
I have a 'North Pole' pyramidal arbovitae that is growing 4 leaders at once. It has gone through 3 winters and has not been trimmed since it was planted. Which leader do I choose and how do I clip the others off?
It has also suffered unnatractive winter burn/damage this year in its mid section. How do I encourage that brown section to grow back?
You can just snip off the top of leaders which you don't want. I showed that in my video on trimming arborvitaes. I had one leader there and I cut the top off. Check it out. As for the damaged middle section. It is tough. Arborvitaes don't rejuvenate very well. You can stay on top of watering and make sure they receive good sun. It might take them time to come back, or your arborvitae will decide on not living after all. Time will show.
@@OlgaCarmody Thank you.
@mickey5779
I recommend using Holly Tone by Espoma in early spring and mid summer. Had same problem and we had a Arborist recommend and also to clean out the dead stuff.(wear gloves)
That was 4 years ago and in some areas still recovering but look so much healthier. Watering is a must though drought seasons and though I live in a rainy climate I started watering in fall when the forecast shows no rain.
What are the little ones or yellow and brown seeds that are on my Emerald Green arborvitae?
They are seeds and they are normal. Your arborvitaes created them.
Is it ok to spay some iron on your arbs to give them a dark green look? I hit my grass occasion.
You can do that, but make sure that your arborvitaes are suffering from iron deficiency indeed. I would do soil test( maybe you did it already) and investigate.
Some of my 4ft tall arborvitaes are partially yellow. One is about 80% yellow. Would they ever turn green or is it lost battle?
Thank you
I am afraid it might be a lost battle. Even if you trim those unsightly brown stems, you will end up with empty holes in the canopy, which might not rejuvenate at all. So, my recommendation would be, either to invest into other plants which are better equipped to handle your local conditions, or if you really want arborvitaes, buy again and stay on top of watering (sunny location is almost a must)>
Suppose an arborvitae has become too tall -- 12 feet -- when you want it to be 8 feet? Any way to accomplish that without killing the tree?
Ah, that would be tough. Expert advice is to trim them as they grow, bit by bit (taking that top growth every year to the wanted height). You can do it if there is no other way and see how arborvitaes respond, which is tough too. Make sure you don't let them experience drought during drastic height adjustments. Good luck!
Which arborvitae does not grow multiple leaders? I understand some are known for growing multiple leaders and some arborvitae are known to grow single leaders. Thank you ...
Kudos. But I must say that I think far too few people out there will be willing to put in the time and the effort (or the money to hire someone), and those that are willing may be unaware how wide these trees could get - if planted for privacy There are so many great alternatives out there - such as spruces like Cupressina - they just need to be grown more in the trade to bring the prices down
Agree, although the industry will always go with easy to propagate and grow option. And gardeners don't know unfortunately.
Is your yard fenced in? Where I live, the deer turn those into green lollipops.
Yes, I have very secluded back garden. In our area lollipop Arborvitaes are everywhere.
So what happpens when an Arborvitae is too large meaning they haven't been trimmed in years what do you do?
You can give them a light trim, nothing major. They don't like heavy trimming and might suffer. If there is no way and you have to reduce the size, make sure that they are not stressed by drought or severe weather. Good luck!
@@OlgaCarmody Thanks for the quick reply. Because I am in Dallas, Texas and we are in the beginning of summer I am not going to trim until next spring. My arborvitae are a good 20 plus feet across and they were that big when I bought this home and they are spilling out over my fence into the yard, etc. The crux of my question relates to how far from a percentage of width in your experience can be cut back. These arborvitae have been in the ground for over 20 years. Also in your experience after cutting do arborvitaes tend to have new growth in the areas that have been trimmed or cut and is this a long or short process. Thanks again
Good information ! Thank you! Looks like I have date with my Arb 😄💙