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Thuja Green Giant

Common Name: Arborvitae

Hardiness Zone: 5-8 S / 5-8 W

Height: 60'

Exposure: Full or Part Sun

Spacing: 10-15'

Ships as: One Gallon Pot


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Thuja Green Giant

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A superior Arborvitae from the U.S. National Arboretum that will grow to 60ft or more in height, at the fantastic rate of up to 3ft a year! All this while keeping its glossy, green color in winter and maintaining a tight and uniform, conical shape. One tree makes an impressive specimen but many planted together will become a fast-growing, year-round, living screen or hedge. Widely adaptable to different soils and resistant to pests and diseases. No wonder 'Green Giant' won the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Gold Medal Plant Award in 1998.

Although a small genus of six evergreen Conifers native to North America and East Asia, Thuja is important as a source of timber and ornamental trees and shrubs. You might know the weather-resistant wood of White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) and Western Red Cedar (T. plicata) as the material of choice for fence posts, shingles, greenhouses, and other outdoor structures. A great number of varieties are available, selected for unusual form, color, texture, or growth rate, and are useful as specimen trees or in hedges, or in the case of dwarf forms, in rock gardens and foundation plantings. Grow in average to moist, well-drained soil.

Growing Guide
Arborvitae

PHONET: thoo'yuh

DESCRIPTION: Hardiness zone 5-8s & w. Height 60'. Tight, uniform, conical shape; fast growing-can grow as fast as 3' per year under good conditions. Foliage is glossy green and holds color well in winter. Mature width: 15-25' at base, tapers to a point at top.

SUGGESTED USE: As a specimen; for hedges or living screens.

CULTURE: Full sun to part shade. Average to evely moist, well-drained soil. Space 10' apart. Fertilize just once in early spring with 5-10-5 fertilizer. Prune in late winter or early spring to remove any browned growth; heavy pruning is seldom needed.

PROBLEMS: Few problems with diseases or insects. Inner browing of foliage is caused by normal needle drop in fall.

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