Overview

Transform your garden into a private oasis with the robust and beautiful Thuja Green Giant live plant. This exceptional evergreen tree, a hybrid of Thuja plicata and Thuja standishii, is renowned for its rapid growth rate and dense, vibrant green foliage. Often referred to simply as ‘Green Giant’, this Arborvitae variety offers an impressive solution for creating natural privacy screens, windbreaks, or stately landscape specimens. Each purchase includes one young Thuja Green Giant live plant, carefully nurtured in a 2.5 inch pot, ensuring it arrives healthy and ready for planting. Its resilience and adaptability make it a favorite among gardeners seeking a low-maintenance yet high-impact addition to their outdoor spaces. Discover the unmatched elegance and practicality of the Green Giant Arborvitae tree for your home.

Key Benefits

The Thuja Green Giant live plant offers a multitude of advantages for any landscape design. Its rapid growth and hardy nature make it an outstanding choice for both novice and experienced gardeners.

• Fast-Growing Privacy: One of the most significant benefits is its incredibly fast growth rate, often growing 3-5 feet per year, quickly establishing a dense screen for ultimate privacy. This makes it an ideal choice for a fast growing privacy tree solution.
• Disease and Pest Resistance: The Thuja Green Giant is known for its strong resistance to common diseases and pests that often plague other evergreens, ensuring a healthier and longer-lasting hedge.
• Year-Round Beauty: With its rich, deep green foliage, this evergreen maintains its attractive appearance throughout all seasons, providing consistent color and texture to your landscape.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, the Green Giant Arborvitae requires minimal care, tolerating various soil conditions and needing less pruning than many other hedging plants.
• Versatile Landscaping Use: Perfect for creating majestic hedges, windbreaks, property line definitions, or as a striking standalone specimen tree. It’s truly a versatile plant for diverse garden needs.
• Deer Resistant: Unlike some other evergreen varieties, the Thuja Green Giant live plant is generally resistant to deer browsing, protecting your investment and ensuring its continued growth.
• Adaptable to Various Climates: Thrives across a wide range of USDA Hardiness Zones, making it suitable for many different regions across the United States.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Thuja Green Giant live plant is relatively straightforward, ensuring it establishes quickly and grows into a magnificent landscape feature. For optimal growth, these trees prefer full sun to partial shade, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. While they can tolerate some shade, more sun generally leads to faster and denser growth. When planting, ensure the hole is twice as wide as the root ball and just as deep. Amend heavy clay soils with organic matter to improve drainage.

Watering is crucial during the first year of establishment. Water deeply and regularly, especially during dry spells, to encourage a strong root system. Aim for consistent moisture without waterlogging the soil. Once established, the Green Giant Arborvitae tree is quite drought-tolerant, though supplemental watering during prolonged dry periods will always be beneficial. They thrive in well-draining soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer designed for evergreen trees to support vigorous growth. Pruning is typically minimal, mainly for shaping or removing any damaged branches. To maintain a formal evergreen privacy hedge, light shearing can be done in late spring or early summer after new growth has emerged. Watch out for bagworms, though they are generally resistant, occasional inspection can prevent issues.

Size & Details

This offering includes one vibrant Thuja Green Giant live plant, carefully cultivated and shipped in a 2.5 inch pot. At this young stage, the plant is typically 6-12 inches tall, providing a perfect starting point for establishing your privacy screen or garden accent. The Green Giant is known for its impressive mature size, capable of reaching heights of 30-50 feet with a spread of 10-20 feet, though it can be maintained at a smaller size with regular pruning. Its rapid growth rate ensures that your landscape vision will come to fruition quickly. These plants are shipped in their nursery pots, minimizing transplant shock and promoting healthy growth upon arrival.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big will the Thuja Green Giant get? A: A: The Thuja Green Giant live plant can reach an impressive mature height of 30-50 feet and a width of 10-20 feet if left untrimmed. Its size makes it ideal for creating substantial privacy screens.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: Each Thuja Green Giant live plant is shipped in a 2.5 inch pot, providing a healthy root system for successful transplanting into your garden or a larger container.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Thuja Green Giant Arborvitae tree is an outdoor plant, best suited for planting in your garden or landscape where it can grow to its full potential. It is not designed to be grown indoors long-term.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: For optimal growth and health, the Thuja Green Giant live plant requires full sun to partial shade, which means it should receive at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the Thuja Green Giant is considered a low-maintenance plant once established. It’s very adaptable and disease-resistant, making it a great choice for various gardening skill levels.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your Thuja Green Giant live plant will arrive in a 2.5 inch nursery pot, carefully packaged to ensure it reaches you in healthy, vibrant condition, ready for planting.
• Q: When is the best time to plant a Thuja Green Giant? A: The best times to plant your Thuja Green Giant live plant are in the spring or fall, allowing the roots to establish before extreme summer heat or winter cold.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: The Thuja Green Giant is very cold hardy, thriving in USDA Zones 5-9, making it suitable for a wide range of climates and able to withstand most winter conditions in these zones.
• Q: Is the Thuja Green Giant good for beginners? A: Absolutely! Its resilience, fast growth, and minimal care requirements make the Green Giant Arborvitae tree an excellent choice for beginner gardeners looking to establish a beautiful landscape.
• Q: How quickly will my evergreen privacy hedge grow? A: The Thuja Green Giant is known for its rapid growth, typically adding 3-5 feet in height per year under ideal conditions, ensuring your evergreen privacy hedge establishes quickly.