@@ikillprettythingz7947 The price for 6 ft arborvitae at the local nursery is $139 each. Home Depot has them for $75 each. There are 3 HD's about 8 miles away. Only one has them.
You need to inspect each one of them very well before you purchase and plant. lt can be difficult to notice foliage that has started to dry out already because they don't loose their green color at first so the dried out foliage may just look a bit darker green color but that is also a tell tale sign that that particular tree is not going to make it and is already dying. Having worked for years in retail garden centers l can tell you that most garden centers do not give these trees the care they need (if ANY at all) while they sit at the garden center waiting to be purchased and along with people not giving them the proper initial care once they take them home and plant them are the main two reasons that a tree which "seemed" to be ok when purchased dies just a few weeks after being planted. Over the years l've literally planted hundreds of these trees both at the places I've lived but also helping other people who were also planting for the privacy feature of them and l have never once had even one of them die. Always plant at the beginning of fall, not summer, and once spring comes around apply fertilizer and these things will explode with growth and thrive.
I don't like these EG Arbs at all, deer and rabbits destroy them, and they also form multiple leaders so snow and ice can damage them, they also grow very slowly. If you know how to prune, you can eliminate the competing leaders to at least have a better structure. Green Giants and the Nigra Arbs are much better choices, depending on what size you want.
