| Scientific Name: | Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' |
| Common Name: | emerald cedar, eastern white cedar |
| Family Name: | Cupressaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, Garden origin, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Fastigiate, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Hedge row, Screening, Sheared hedge |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Scale-like, Opposite, Imbricate, Leathery, Glabrous, Rhomboidal, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Compact, columnar, fine-textured evergreen commonly used as a hedge; leaves imbricate, scale-like, 2-4mm long x 1-2mm wide, glossy dark green, very fine texture, thread-like, on fan-shaped branchlets that may be vertically oriented (compared to pyramidal cedar which has more horizontally oriented branchlets with thicker, lighter dull-green scale leaves). | |