If you need a fast growing evergreen to use as a screen or dense hedge, plant Green Giant Arborvitae. Here's my take on this really interesting plant. Here's my plant diary page on this tree: www.plantsmap.com/plants/306
I have 3 in my back yard. They are about 14' tall now and are finally starting to look beautiful and are growing faster now. They are about 6 years of age.
I planted 20 as seedlings in Oct 2019. They are 6 feet tall in August 2022. I lost 7 due to drought. Even though the roots have established themselves they still need an adequate water supply. I planted in native soil which does not do a good job of retaining water. When I replaced the dead trees I dug a 2' wide x 2' deep hole. I replaced 75% of the native soil with peet moss, compost and pine bark. The new plants are doing very well in the ideal growing medium. They will most likely outgrow the older plants.
What do you think of North Star white spruce? We need to plant evergreens in the back of the yard, we do not want very wide ones as the width of the yard is about 60 to 65 feet, any other suggestions? Do the North Star White spruce smell bad, I heard one RU-vid video saying, White spruce smells bad!
Hi Bill. I keep trying the Green Giants at my farm but they keep dying (brown and dry) after each winter. i am trying to install a long privacy screen at my farm (of about 20 trees). This year is my 3rd attempt. First year I even installed an irrigation line watering them once a week, they all died in winter. Next year I tried removing the irrigation line and manually doing deep watering them when needed, they all died in winter. I suspected was the wind and sun we have in Colorado in winter, so this year I planted them again and i installed a white screen on the north and east side of each trees (direction of the wind and sun) so they are better prepared for the winter and I am watering them manually (if no rain), once a week. They are small, maybe 2-3 feet. Any other recommendations? Soil is clay. Thanks!
I know you asked this guy, lol, but how are they holding up so far? I'm not sure but are these trees zoned for your area? Mine have been successful in my clay soil. Even thought they came with fertilizer, I did add some triple 10 10 10 fertilizer fast release to them, as they looked to be suffering the first winter in NC. They were planted in late June which is not ideal planting time due to the heat. I planted them in 2021 at around 4 feet tall and they are now close to 8 feet.
i spaced mine 5 feet apart and in three years i finallyt have privacy. the wider spaced the bigger they will fill out but im not planning on letting them grow 40 feet high anyway.
I have a line of Giant Arborvitaes and they are at about 9' now and i would like for them to stop growing high, can I trim each their tips before they grow taller and they have large trunks that won't look nice after cutting?
Question: So I have 7 of these. They are right on my property line and my neighbor doesn't want them to grow over to his side. Can I trim them flat like a wall? I've seen regular arborvitaes done that way but not sure if Thuja's are ok too. Thank You!
They get 15' wide and 35' high... that's going to be quite a challenge. You can shear the bottom 6' where they get the widest and that should help... hopefully your neighbor will learn to like them...
Will these grow good in clovis california? What's the biggest I can get buy them? I wanna block my 2 story neighboor asap:). Live on corner lot and yard sits high so people can see inside my yard from outside but I think therw I will just add lattice to my fence and maybe some emerald greens. The fence is about 173ft.. Well, still debating between latrice and emerald greens for this side of house.. I wonder if I can keep the giant one 5 to 6 ft wide?
Can you suggest a conifer big tree for fertile dark brown soil We get 2 months rainy season and rare rainy days around 3 or 2 days the rest of months Temperature in winter stays around 37.4 F in night to 59F in day and in the summer stays around 80F to 96F during the day.
I'd try to get a few Dawn Redwoods and if you could keep them watered for the first year, I bet they would be fine. They grow quickly and are really beautiful trees. I've seen them planted in some very dry spots. They can take the rainy season too. They are deciduous so for a few months in the winter they will loose their needles. Here in the US the seedlings are becoming more and more readily available. A 12" seedling here can grow to 25 feet in 8 years so once they get started they really take off. Beautiful trees.
The Arbor Day Foundation has the tree listed as USDA Zone 5 so that would mean a cold hardiness of −26.1 °C which is pretty cold if you ask me! I am not familiar with Korea low temps though.
@@kfowler09091957 I was able to contact through the link you provided! I really appreciate it a lot! I want to pursue "The Virginian Arborvitae" for sure! 👍
@@GoshaXxxx Yes, but was it pruned/trained/maintained that way? Or did it naturally grow like that? Because that makes a difference in the type and amount of maintenance over the years. Thanks though. 🙃
@@SR98889 Normally they only have one leader when they come from the nursery. Ive seen some trees with multiple but once you remove the other leaders the main one will take off. These require no maintenance as long as you do basic upkeep.
They are quite cold-tolerant. I have heard they can do fine even that far north, however there are probaby some leafy evergreen species that would be a better choice for you
They grow 15 to 20' wide, they should be planted at least 12' apart to develop proper structure and branching, People planting them 5' apart will be very unhappy with them in a few years and will probably need to remove them.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean but if you are talking about suckers growing from the root flair area, that isn't a problem. Weeds under the tree aren't a problem either because the foliage is so dense that no light gets under there and after a year or so you won't be able to see the ground under the tree anyway. They are a hybrid so they don't make new baby plants on their own.
They grow 15 to 20' wide, they should be planted at least 12' apart to develop proper structure and branching, People planting them 5' apart will be very unhappy with them in a few years and will probably need to remove them.
I planted a row of giants on my property line as a wind screen in lower mid-michigan. These trees are used commonly in my area. I have about 1.5 miles of open land to my west, after the road commission cleared the trees on a N/S road .25 miles to my west, my property is now punished with constant wind. Would wind dyhdrate and slow growth? I have sandy loam soil that drains well. These trees have remained healthy, but have grown maybe 6 inches. A couple of years 40 trees I planted have grown to 3 feet. Several haven't grown an inch, but have filled out quite a bit. They are in full sun. What am I doing wrong!? I fertilized year 3, obviously didn't do anything. If I don't see any growth next spring I'm ripping them out and putting in some blue spruce!!!
