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Arborvitae - Emerald
It will grow especially well in swampy areas and in alkaline soil. This pyramidal beauty will become one of your favorites with its excellent cold and heat tolerance. When young, the Emerald Arborvitae has a bright green color to its foliage which darkens as the plant ages. This hardy arborvitae prefers full sun to thrive and will perform best in an area with high atmospheric moisture. This arborvitae makes an excellent screen, and can grow at a rate of about four feet per year. Because this plant often grows naturally into a perfect pyramidal shape, little pruning is necessary. This arborvitae makes an excellent hedge plant, but also used for foundation plants, informal hedges, entranceways, privacy screens, non-thorny barriers, or specimen shrub. The Emerald Arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd', also known as white cedar, exhibits a narrow, compact pyramidal form with emerald green foliage which holds its color well through winter. If the winter is especially cold, the foliage of an emerald green arborvitae will turn yellow-brown. ... details
Prairie Gold Aspen The Prairie Gold Quaking Aspen, 'Populus tremuloides ‘Prairie Gold’, is a fast-growing tree that grows in everything from moist sandy soil to shallow rocky soils and clay. It has attractive cream-colored bark, beautiful silvery catkins in early spring, and lustrous dark green leaves that flutter in the slightest breeze, finally turning yellow in fall. This selection does not seem to be affected by the host of diseases that usually plague this species. It should perform well in other parts of the Great Plains and the front range of the Rockies as well. Grows to 35-40’ high and 20-30’ wide. ‘Prairie Gold’ has performed well in the landscape and seems to thrive in the heat and high humidity of eastern Nebraska. This selection was discovered growing near a northeast Nebraska creek by the late, dedicated plants man, Allen Wilke, where it had survived and thrived for years. . |
