Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata / Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens' ) is an evergreen conifer with red-brown flaking bark. With dark-green, neat foliage that may become bronze-tinted in winter, Western Red Cedar hedging plants offer year round interest and are similar in shape to the leylandii hedging plants, but are much slower growing and therefore easier to maintain. Western Red Cedar is excellent hedging for privacy and wind-breaks, growing at a rate of approximately 1.5 - 2ft per year.
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