Plant taxonomy classifies arborvitae under the botanical name, Thuja occidentalis. ‘Emerald Green’ is one of its cultivars. You will also see ‘Smaragd’ listed as the cultivar name. That is because the plant was originally developed in Denmark (Smaragd translates from the Danish as “Emerald”). The common name for these conifers is often misspelled, “arbor vitae” (technically, when spelled as two words, it is an anatomical term, being […]