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Thuja orientalis (Arborvitae)

Oriental arborvitae is an evergreen large shrub or small tree with a dense conical shape. The leaves are scale like and it has a distinct grooved pattern on the back. The leaves has a lemony smell when scratches. The fruit is fleshy blue-green in color when developing later on horn-like. The bark is shredding. It tolerates most of the conditions except wet soil and heat. Best in full sun. Used as a specimen, hedge or screen. 

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  • By Taken by Fanghong (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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