46+ Emerald Green Arborvitae Browning. How to grow green giant thuja (arborvitae) with detailed description. Emerald green, an arborvitae cultivar of thuja occidentalis, makes a striking addition to the home landscape when planted as a specimen plant, in groupings or as a hedge.
Under the trade name emerald green™, a designation that is generally rejected by nomenclature purists. My arborvitae generally look healty and are growing, but a bunch of them have all the tips turning brown. Water when the top one inch of soil becomes dry.
If the leaves from an emerald green arborvitae are fresh and green (recently cut or trimmed) we would recommend allowing them to turn brown or age some, preferably in a compost pile, before tilling them into garden.
Bright, lustrous, deep green foliage with little or no discoloring in winter. When you first plant emerald green arborvitae, you need to keep the soil moist. These needles turn yellow or brown and drop to the ground in late fall. You are to contact anythinggreen when you believe they are covered by our.