CORVALLIS – For a hedge, arborvitae has a place. It’s tall, skinny, evergreen, low-maintenance and cheap. “Some people look down on arborvitae, but it fits in places that other things can’t,” said ...

If you're looking for a natural way to screen an overlooked backyard, a hedge is one of the best options out there. True, erecting a fence may be the quickest way to seclude your spot, but they lack ...

If you want to create privacy in your outdoor space, hedges with dense foliage offer excellent natural barriers and backdrops. They add visual appeal to your landscape while blocking out neighbors or ...

KENNEWICK -- Arborvitae is unarguably the shrub most commonly used to create an evergreen hedge, here and around the country. Gardeners who are tired of seeing arborvitae used over and over again for ...

My tall arborvitae hedge has several large branches sticking out. Can I cut those off or should I tuck them back into the hedge? It is also losing needles on the lowest branches. What should I do?

Q: Our homeowners association recently removed a birch tree from our mailbox island, and we are looking for a suggestion for a nice tree for that spot. One suggestion we’ve received so far is an ...

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 ...

During master gardener training, an extension agent showed us a photo of a pathetic hedge of arborvitae, the evergreen often planted in a row as a privacy screen. The dozen or so arborvitae weren’t ...

Question: I have an arborvitae hedge. The south side of each shrub is turning brown, and there are dead patches/dead spaces in the hedge. What is the problem? Answer: If the south side of your ...