If you don’t have an arborvitae tree or shrub in your yard, chances are your neighbor does. Arborvitaes are among the most commonly planted evergreens in Chicago-area landscapes. Many yards and ...

Arborvitae, otherwise known as Thuja, is a well-known evergreen plant typically used as a hedge or boundary plant. With year-round greenery and a dense growing habit, arborvitae can be relied on to ...

My falsecypress, which has been in the ground over two years and doing so wonderfully, has turned very brown. Not the nice winter bronzing... brown and dried out over much of the plant. I thought ...

Our front garden is resplendent with a variety of evergreen shrubs and trees: Japanese Boxwood, Blue Arrow Juniper, Monterey Cypress, Sea Green Juniper, Witchita Blue Juniper, Cedrus Deodara, Blue ...

Q: Is this shrub a complete loss? Is there anything we can do to save it or should we dig it up and start over with something new? – Angie H. A: From the photo, the shrub appears to be an older ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. An unusual evergreen shrub is the fire chief arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis ‘Fire Chief’), which is round in shape. In the heat of summer, the ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

The arborvitae foliage on the plant’s interior that has reached 2 years of age turns brown and begins shedding in late summer through fall and winter. As long as the shedding of brown foliage is on ...

Gardening season is in full swing and there are lots of questions out there. Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU ...