EMERALD CEDARS ARE NOT BEING SOLD AT THIS TIME.

We focus on eastern white cedar for hedging projects. Consider installing an eastern white cedar hedge.

To learn more about the important differences between Emerald Cedars and Eastern White Cedars, take a look at our post “Hedging Cedars: Eastern White Cedar vs Emerald Cedar“

Also consider Emerald Cedar Hedge Problems (What Most Homeowners Don’t Know)

Emerald Cedars

Emerald cedars are excellent accent trees. They are bushy, dense, and maintain a deep green colour year-round.

However, they are not suitable for a traditional privacy hedge.

Emerald cedars retain a natural conical shape and do not grow into each other. Even when planted in a row, they remain a line of individual trees rather than forming a continuous hedge.

Most homeowners are expecting a solid privacy screen. In reality, emerald cedars often result in visible gaps and individual tree separation over time.

They are also less hardy than eastern white cedar and more susceptible to stress, which can lead to thinning or decline over time.

When interior or lower foliage dies off, it does not regenerate, which can lead to permanent thinning over time.

In some cases, emerald cedars can perform well, particularly in protected conditions with consistent care. However, they are more sensitive to stress and typically require more attention to maintain their appearance over time.

For a traditional cedar hedge that forms a continuous green wall, eastern white cedar is the better choice.

Cedar Hedge Service

It is important to note that while Emerald cedars are very nice looking trees, our opinion is they are not the right trees for a ‘classic cedar hedge.’ Emerald cedars always retain their pyramid/conical shape, so when they are planted in a line, they will always look like a line of trees.

If you would like a traditional cedar hedge instead, Cedar Ontario offers a professional cedar hedge planting service using eastern white cedar, not emerald cedar.

If your goal is a long-term privacy hedge, species selection matters more than how the trees look at install.