How close to a house can you plant a Thuja Green Giant?

How close to a house can you plant a Thuja Green Giant?

Or better yet for a unique green giant hedge, plant them in two rows, 4 feet apart, with the trees staggered 8-15 feet apart within each row. The row(s) should be at least 6-8 feet away from any building, driveway or road.

How far from a fence should I plant a Thuja Green Giant?

If your screen or hedge is against a building, plant 6 feet from the wall, to protect the foundations. If you are planting against a fence, plant 3 feet from the fence so that the lower part of the plants remains bushy and the hedge remains on your side of the property line.

Do Thuja Green Giants have invasive roots?

Thuja Green Giant roots are not known to be invasive or aggressive.

Is arborvitae poisonous?

Fortunately, Arborvitae has a generally low level of toxicity. The oil is used in naturopathy as a topical wart treatment, but ingestion is not recommended because of toxicity caused by excessive use.

What happens if you plant green giants too close together?

The second problem is that plants naturally compete with each other for light, so by crowding them together they grow tall and skinny, and the lower branches quickly die, leaving your hedge bare and thin. A tall thin hedge is also much more likely to bend over or even break in a storm, strong winds or a blizzard.

Can you keep Thuja Green Giant small?

It is more than possible to keep Green Giant Arborvitae small for their entire lifespan, but they will need pruning each late summer or autumn. Both the tops and sides need trimming regularly if you want to keep your Green Giants small.

Why is arborvitae called the tree of life?

Interesting Information About Plant: The tree became a valuable asset when, on one of Jacques Cartier’s long sea voyages in 1536, it was discovered that a tea made from the bark and leaves cured scurvy. In 1558, the tree appropriately received the name “arborvitae,” meaning “tree of life” in Latin.

What should I plant next to arborvitae?

Plants to Pair With Arborvitae The Society recommends planting hydrangea (Hydrangea; USDA plant hardiness zones 4 through 9), hardy blue holly (Ilex × meserveae; USDA plant hardiness zones 5 through 9) or the forest pansy (Cercis canadensis; USDA plant hardiness zones 7 through 9).

How far apart should I plant Thuja trees?

For almost instant privacy diagonally stagger your trees 6-8 feet apart. For a traditional straight hedgerow, plant your Thuja Green Giants 5-6 feet apart.

Can you keep a green giant small?

Can you control the height of a Thuja Green Giant?

Once planted, these evergreens will grow between 3 and 5 feet a year. People love to plant them to create a living privacy fence, or a natural privacy screen. Thujas can get quite large, up to 40 feet in height and 6 to 12 feet wide, but they respond well to pruning if you want to adjust their size.

Can you control the height of Green Giant?

They will need to be pruned each year after the annual growth hardens off. Start at the top reducing the height as much as possible, then prune the sides from the top down. Attempting to or keeping them approximately 1/4 their normal size will likely shorten their lives.

What happens if you plant arborvitae too close?

The soil your trees are planted in offers a finite number of minerals, vitamins, and other resources. When trees or plants are too close to one another, they compete for these resources. In competition, one plant will win, leaving the other with unmet needs, ultimately stunting their growth or killing them.

Is Thuja the same as arborvitae?

They are commonly known as arborvitaes (from Latin for tree of life) or Thujas; several species are widely known as cedar but, because they are not true cedars (Cedrus), it has been recommended to call them red-cedars or white-cedars.