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Where to Plant . Site and Light Arborvitae grows well in full sun or partial shade. In deep shade it becomes open wirh sparse foliage. Its branches may break off if covered with heavy snow or ice. There is linle you can do about this other than (0 brush snow off after a storm. You can avoid some damage by planting the shrub away from roof lines. ~. -1I '.' ,-, . .n'n:!~ ~ht . Ii'''''''' I'.' . <l I&-, ~"!Ii,,. ~ r ~ ilL - Ir~'1iiY"-.L ll,'m.am ~"'Qd:.b.. .' . J1i$ ...d _ JI:.1>-_. till 1i/:,1lllnllllilfillrilll1 " T' 11 -, . - I ~ J '1 :1T 1 - 11 ~ 'jl 'iII' Spacing Space shrubs according to tbeir porential size at maturity. If using Arborvitae for hedges or screens, plant them closer together. Landscape Use . Upright varieties are commonly used as specimen plants at the corners of homes to provide a vertical con- tfast (0 horizontal roof lines. Upright varieties are extremely useful as tall screens or backdrops for other plants, including shrubs and perennials. Arborvitaes have such dense, tidy growth tbat they make excellent informal hedges with minimal pruning or lovely for- mal hedges if closely sheared. Fo.rwinter interest, plant Arborvitaes near shrubs with persistent fruits and seed heads. Good choices include flex verticillata (Winter- berry), Malus (Crabapple), Syringa reticulata (Tree Lilac), and many varieties of Viburnum (Viburnum). Arborvitaes also combine well in the winter landscape with other evergreens. One especially interesting design is a combination of globe types with Clethra (Summer- sweet) and Perovskia (Russian Sage). Planting Bare Root Not sold this way. . ..!IIl' ntainerized Plants Plant Arborvitaes as early in the season as possible. If the soil in the container is dryt soak it and let it drain overnight before plant- ing. Place a small amoum of superphosphate in the base of the hole and cove, with 3 inches (7.5 em) of soil. Carefully remove the plant from the container so as not to break the root ball. Plam at the same depth as in the container. Fill tbe hole with well- prepared soil, firm with your fingers. and water imme- diately. Dissolve water-soluble fertilizer in a gallon (about 4 liters) of water following the directions on tbe label. Pour V2 cup (about 120 ml) of this starter solution around the base of each plant. If you prefer organic fertilizer. use :fish emulsion instead. Balled and Burlapped Plant as you would a containerized plant with these added precautions: Place the plant in the hole making sure that that the top of the balled and burlapped roOt ball is about I to z inches (Z.5 to 5 em) above the surrounding soil. Cut and remove any twine around the stems. Remove as much of the burlap and wire holding the root ball in place as possible, but avoid breaking the roOt ball. Transplanting Dig up plants as soon as the soil can be worked in very early spring. Keep as much of the soil around the roots as possible. With larger plants this is quite difJiculr. Plant immediately as you would a balled and burlapped plant. How to Care for Arborvitaes Water Keep the soil evenly moist from spring umil the soil freezes in falL Consistentwater.ing is important every year. Always satura[e [he soil deeply with each watering. When the top 2 inches (5 em) of soil dry our, water. Note thac for evergreens it is especially important [0 water deeply in the fall as an aid in prevemingwinrer Thuja 307