Thuja Plicata Green Giant Arborvitae

Sizes range from dwarf cultivars to large trees.

Thuja plicata green giant arborvitae.

Typical rate of growth in most areas is up to 5 feet 1 6 m per year resulting in a large tree 50 feet 15 m tall by 5 feet 2 m wide after 10 years in the landscape. The identity of the exceptional cloneas the t. It forms a narrowly conical to pyramidal tree with sprays of rather open foliage rich glossy green above paler green below. While different suppliers may refer to this tree as arborvitae green giant or thuja green giant they are the same species.

The name thuja green giant was selected to identify and promote this clone. Green giant arborvitae thuja standishii x plicata green giant the green giant arborvitae is a large vigorous fast growing evergreen shooting up by as much as 3 feet per year until maturity. Standishii x plicata hybrid was resolved by susan martin usna kim trip new york botanic garden and robert marquard holden arboretum through extensive records searches nursery inspections and isozyme analysis. Its natural pyramidal to conical form boasts dense rich green foliage that darkens or bronzes slightly in the winter.

Genus name is the greek name for a kind of juniper juniperus green giant is a fast growing arborvitae hybrid cultivar t. Fast growing evergreen thuja standishii x plicata green giant is often promoted as the ideal tree for impatient gardeners. Tall and narrow thuja standishii plicata green giant arborvitae is a majestic evergreen tree of conical to pyramidal habit with sprays of rich glossy green foliage year round. Standishii that is often promoted as a.

Thuja standishii plicata green giant is a very fast growing selection of hybrid arborvitae. This tall narrow tree makes an excellent privacy screen or specimen planting. They make excellent garden plants. Forming a majestic exclamation point in the landscape it is excellent as a specimen plant and for.