
It is the default privacy hedge in every central Indiana subdivision, and the two things that end them are deer and ice. Because they go in as tight rows on a property line, one failed plant is a permanent visible hole that never fills — so arborvitae work is usually a replacement-and-reset job rather than a single removal.
Small tree · $100–$700 typical
Also searched as thuja, northern white cedar, eastern white cedar, Emerald Green, Green Giant, "privacy trees", Thuja occidentalis.