Bring natural beauty to your home s exterior with Emerald Green Arborvitae Evergreen Shrubs and Trees. They re commonly planted as a medium-sized screen or vertical element in the landscape. Emerald Green trees compact feathery foliage is soft to the touch and will stay green all year. The effect complements a huge range of landscape styles. They can effectively serve as a privacy screen when clustered and make an elegant addition to topiary plantings. When planting Emerald Green shrubs or trees dig the hole twice as wide as the pot and mix rich garden soil in with your native soil then leave the top of the root ball 0.5 above the ground level when filling the hole with soil. Once established they ll require little to no maintenance and will grow in a consistent symmetrical shape. Emerald Green Arborvitae Evergreen Shrubs and Trees are suitable for use in USDA zones 4 through 8.