Overview

Transform your landscape with the impressive Thuja Green Giant live tree. This robust and rapidly growing evergreen is a hybrid marvel, combining the best traits of Japanese and North American Thuja species to create an unparalleled specimen for privacy and aesthetic appeal. Renowned as a fast growing arborvitae, the ‘Green Giant’ can add several feet of height each year, quickly establishing a formidable and beautiful living fence or windbreak. When you choose a Thuja Green Giant live tree, you’re investing in a durable, low-maintenance solution for your outdoor space that provides year-round greenery and structure. Its dense foliage and pyramidal shape make it an excellent choice for those seeking a natural barrier that offers both seclusion and a touch of elegance. This particular offering provides a healthy, established plant in a 1-gallon pot, ready for planting and eager to grow into a magnificent feature in your garden.

Key Benefits

The Thuja Green Giant live tree offers a multitude of benefits, making it a top choice for gardeners and landscapers alike. Its exceptional qualities contribute to both the beauty and functionality of any outdoor environment.

• Rapid Growth Rate: Known as a fast growing arborvitae, it quickly establishes dense hedges and privacy screens, reaching mature heights much faster than many other evergreens. This allows for quicker enjoyment of a mature landscape.
• Excellent Privacy Screen: The dense, rich green foliage provides superb year-round privacy, effectively blocking views and creating secluded outdoor living spaces. It’s an ideal choice for a privacy hedge plant, offering a natural and beautiful barrier.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, this Thuja Green Giant live tree is remarkably easy to care for, requiring minimal pruning and being largely pest and disease resistant. This makes it perfect for busy gardeners.
• Drought Tolerance: While it prefers consistent moisture during establishment, the ‘Green Giant’ becomes quite drought-tolerant once mature, reducing the need for constant watering.
• Versatile Landscaping Use: Beyond privacy screens, it excels as a windbreak, a stately specimen tree, or for creating green walls in larger gardens. Its adaptability makes it a valuable addition to diverse designs.
• Deer Resistant: Unlike some other evergreens, Thuja occidentalis Green Giant is generally resistant to deer browsing, a significant advantage for gardens in areas with deer populations.
• Year-Round Appeal: As an evergreen privacy screen, it maintains its vibrant green color throughout all seasons, providing continuous beauty and structure to your landscape.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Thuja Green Giant live tree is straightforward, especially once it’s established. To ensure robust growth and a healthy, vibrant appearance, understanding its specific needs is crucial. This fast growing arborvitae thrives in a range of conditions but performs best with proper attention to its basic requirements.

For sunlight, the ‘Green Giant’ prefers full sun to partial shade. Full sun (at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day) will promote the densest growth and best color, while partial shade (4-6 hours of sun, especially morning sun) is also tolerated, though growth may be slightly less vigorous. When it comes to watering, consistent moisture is key during the establishment phase, typically the first year after planting. Deep watering once or twice a week, especially during dry spells, will encourage deep root development. Once mature, the Thuja Green Giant live tree becomes drought-tolerant but will benefit from occasional deep watering during prolonged dry periods. The ideal soil for this evergreen is moist, fertile, and well-drained. It can tolerate a range of soil types, including clay, loam, and sand, as long as drainage is adequate to prevent waterlogging, which can be detrimental to its root system. Amending heavy clay soils with organic matter can improve drainage and aeration.

The best time for planting is in the spring or fall when temperatures are moderate, allowing the roots to establish before extreme heat or cold. Plant your privacy hedge plant 5–8 feet apart for a dense hedge, or further apart if you desire individual specimens. Fertilization is generally not heavily required for the ‘Green Giant’. If your soil is poor, a balanced slow-release evergreen fertilizer can be applied in early spring. Avoid over-fertilizing, as this can lead to excessive, weak growth. The ‘Green Giant’ is hardy in USDA Zones 5–8, tolerating a wide range of climates. It’s generally resistant to most pests and diseases, but good air circulation and proper watering practices will help prevent any potential issues. Minimal pruning is needed, primarily to maintain desired size and shape, or to remove any dead or damaged branches. This ensures your evergreen privacy screen remains healthy and beautiful for years to come.

Size & Details

This offering is for one healthy Thuja Green Giant live tree, provided in a 1-gallon nursery pot. At the time of shipment, the plant typically stands 18-24 inches tall, offering a substantial start for your landscaping project. The ‘Green Giant’ is known for its impressive mature size, reaching 40–60 feet tall and 12–20 feet wide over time, making it an excellent choice for a large privacy hedge plant or a majestic specimen tree. Its rapid growth rate means you won’t have to wait long to see significant development.

This fast growing arborvitae is shipped as a well-rooted, potted plant, ensuring minimal transplant shock and a smooth transition to your garden. The 1-gallon pot provides ample space for the root system to develop before planting. Expect this evergreen to establish quickly, especially when planted in optimal conditions during spring or fall. Its pyramidal growth habit and dense foliage will provide a lush, green backdrop or barrier, fulfilling its role as an effective evergreen privacy screen.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: The Thuja Green Giant live tree is known for its impressive size, typically reaching a mature height of 40-60 feet tall and a spread of 12-20 feet wide. Its rapid growth means it will fill out quickly.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: This particular Thuja Green Giant live tree is shipped in a 1-gallon nursery pot, providing a well-established root system for successful planting.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Thuja Green Giant live tree is an outdoor plant, best suited for planting in gardens and landscapes where it can reach its full mature size and provide its intended benefits as a large evergreen.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: This fast growing arborvitae thrives in full sun (at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily) but can also tolerate partial shade. Full sun encourages denser growth and better color.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the ‘Green Giant’ is considered a low-maintenance plant, especially once established. It’s generally resistant to pests and diseases, making it an ideal privacy hedge plant for various gardeners.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your Thuja Green Giant live tree will arrive as a healthy, actively growing plant in its 1-gallon pot, carefully packaged to ensure its safe transit and readiness for planting.
• Q: When is the best time to plant? A: The ideal times to plant your Thuja occidentalis Green Giant are in the spring or fall, allowing the plant to establish its roots before the onset of extreme summer heat or winter cold.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: The Thuja Green Giant live tree is hardy in USDA Zones 5–8, meaning it can withstand winter temperatures within this range. Ensure it’s well-watered going into winter, especially in colder zones.
• Q: Is it good for beginners? A: Absolutely. Its resilience, fast growth, and minimal care requirements make the Thuja Green Giant live tree an excellent choice for beginner gardeners looking for a substantial and rewarding landscape plant.
• Q: Can it be used as a windbreak? A: Yes, due to its dense foliage and significant mature size, the evergreen privacy screen makes an excellent and effective windbreak, protecting your property from strong winds.