I want to line my yard with about 40 of them. How did you plant them, how far apart did you go, are you happy with them, did they create privacy, Did they make a good wind breaker for you, Are they truly rabbit resistant, Did you order yours online, if so where and were you satisfied? I would like to know anything you would want to tell me about these. Obviously you don’t need to answer all my question, I know I wrote a ton of them but, I have to buy so many, i just want to be happy with my decision. I looked them up a million times already online and got alot of information but I want a real persons veiw of them. Can I see a picture of yours….(Your trees not your parts, I know how some of you pervs are…lol)
Thanks for your time
I never really looked at it like a wall of cement but, I see where you are coming from. I do have other landscaping in the yard as well. I have 3 junipers that are about 12 feet tall and in a beautiful rock border as well as two othe rocked in areas with junipers those things are all staying. and a wooden double glider and wooden bench. A pool, patio, patio peach tree. My yard is full of beauty, this wouldn’t just be a line of bushes in an empty yard. There will be breaks in the lines of Green Giants. Does Green Giant seem like a bad choice?
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I would not buy sight unseen. I thought to put these in also, but changed my mind, as the neighbors around here did, and they’ve had difficulties. I am unsure of what causes most of the ones I’ve seen to turn brown on one side and die…maybe too much sun, or lack of water, I don’t know.
What I DO know, is if you purchase any, get the largest ones you can as these will have the developed root systems. They are apparently propagated from cuttings, and the smaller (and less expensive ones) have the least amount of root and are then most likely to die off.
So you get what you pay for. Spend the extra bit of money for the better ones.
Even though they are popular and many people use them for privacy, I think that a yard lined with thuja or other tall evergreens looks like a prison. They create a boring green wall round the yard; they grow quite wide and take up a lot of space; nothing grows under them; wildlife hates them. If you want privacy from the neighbors and something that looks good, I suggest you plant a mixture of evergreen and deciduous native bushes and trees in a staggered line. It will provide interest and beauty and a haven for birds, rather than an unnatural-looking green wall that might as well be concrete.
I guess I will come to the defense of the Green Giant. It is a versatile tree that can be trimmed into a tidy hedge, if you so desired. They are perfect for wind breaks or screens. Here is what the USDA has to report about the trees. http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/faqs/GreenGiant.html
The costs of small seedlings is minor and the tree grows over 3 feet a year. I personally do not have a Green Giant in my yard but have seen it many different applications and I simply think the tree gets lumped into a “it’s okay” category. While the fact is there is no better tree for screening or windbreaks. Hundreds of thousand of these trees are sold each year and people keep purchasing them. I think that’s the best advertising there is regarding the viability of this tree. Good luck and here is a bit of information I found while answering your question:
http://www.naturehills.com/product/green_giant_arborvitae.aspx