How to Trim EMERALD GREEN Arborvitaes: Why, When, How? 

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.

Best advice for complete overall care of these beautiful trees. And yes, water, water, water.

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.

wow !! best video ever...answered many of my questiions...living in Montreal Canada with winters that challenge our 10 foot cedars with heavy snow

Good information ! Thank you! Looks like I have date with my Arb 😄💙

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...

Love your video thanks for posting

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.

This is very good info. Thank you.

❤❤ your teaching videos I'm learning so much. Thanks bunches for sharing your knowledge. Tracey.

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.

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?

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 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.

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?

Olga, I patted my tiny 2 inch Arborvite that I am propagating in your name!!!😂😂😂 I am your new subscriber and enjoy your blogs.

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

will the leaders to grow roots if propagated correctly?

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

Thank you Ms Olga

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?

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?

Great advice! I am curious about trimming branches individually with a hand pruner instead of the shears?

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.

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 ...

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.

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 😊

What are the little ones or yellow and brown seeds that are on my Emerald Green arborvitae?

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?

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

Is it ok to spay some iron on your arbs to give them a dark green look? I hit my grass occasion.

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?

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

Is your yard fenced in? Where I live, the deer turn those into green lollipops.

So what happpens when an Arborvitae is too large meaning they haven't been trimmed in years what do you do?

Good information ! Thank you! Looks like I have date with my Arb 😄💙