This evergreen tree can spread 20 30 feet wide rapidly since it can grow more than 3 feet per year.
Planting green giant arborvitae.
Green giant arborvitae shrubs may be small when first transplanted.
Arborvitae trees prefer moist soil with plenty of organic nutrients.
Add compost or an organic soil mix to the ground to give your tree a boost as it acclimates to its new spot.
Will they really live up to this adoration.
Growing a thuja green giant.
Prepare well draining loamy soil for your tree.
The green giant arborvitae is a large vigorous fast growing evergreen shooting up by as much as 3 feet per year until maturity.
To test your soil s draining levels dig a 12 in 30 cm deep hole and fill it with water.
This tree likes to grow in sun or partial shade and roots well in moist good draining soil.
Thuja green giant tree has become one of the most popular trees for creating a living screen.
The thuja green giant are touted as one of the fastest growing evergreen trees on the commercial market.
Commonly used for privacy hedges these will typically grow 3 to 5 feet per year once established.
These thuja evergreens which were imported from denmark several decades ago grow into enormous plants.
Thuja arborvitae has been called the tree of life in latin and was brought to north america to be put in the.
And it grows extremely fast.
Green giant is a hybrid developed from a cross between the conifers japanese arborvitae thuja standishii usda zones 5 through 7 and western red cedar thuja plicata usda zones 5 through 7.
If you are thinking of growing a thuja green giant you ll need to measure the potential growing site.
These also do great as windbreaks especially during harsh winters.
This is an exceptional landscape tree for use as a screen hedge or single specimen.
Here at greenwood nursery we have grown and sold the cedar green giant trees for over 15 years.
It is adaptable to most soil types.
Green giant is an evergreen plant throughout the year.
Plant green giant arborvitae trees in place of leyland cypresses particularly as a screen plant if the high disease susceptibility of leyland cypress is a concern.
It is tolerant of light shade and of moderate drought.
Mature trees grow 1 2 inch long cones that emerge green and then turn brown.
Green giant arborvitae thuja plicata grows 50 60 feet in a pyramidal shape.
The green giant arborvitae thuja plicata green giant is the fastest growing evergreen shrub that we know of.