Green Giant Arborvitae (Thuja Green Giant)

[@sillyhiker2]

Two days ago I found one of these on the curb for yard waste pickup. Home Depot was selling these as Christmas decorations. It was still in it's nursery pot but looking pretty dry. I brought it home and was able to dig a good size hose to plant it in. Hopefully it will survive.

[@GardeningSpirit]

Happy New Year Jim & Steph. We planted 7 of these on the back line of our property to get privacy quick (from upside down houses overlooking our back yard & deck). Now, 12 years later, they are huge. Probably 40 ft tall and 12-15 wide. They smell incredible and are beautiful with snow. Ours don't off color hardly ever and stay a beautiful green. When we planted them no one had these, now they are everywhere. We are zone 7a (Montauk NY) and they shrug off salt, wind & ice. For the right place they are fantastic.

[@stephanyputnam]

Wow!

[@marymann4126]

I used these to screen a neighbor’s barn. They are doing exactly what they are supposed to do. I love them. Planted them and staggered little gem magnolias for texture (leaf) contrast. I have no intention of pruning them. I’ll be dead before they reach 40 feet.

[@lblak59]

We’re on 2+ acres so I have quite a few GG Arbs in places where they can spread out but honestly we’re older so I don’t think I’ll ever see them get as tall as you say they get. If someone needs the kind of privacy these Green giant give, but don’t have the space to let them get wide then try the American Pillar Full Speed a Hedge arbs. They stay narrow, but get tall. The only problem I have is keeping the deer from rutting on them and breaking branches.

[@bjones8354]

I live in Youngville, NC. I have 8 of them about 6 feet tall. The deer pull the branches off and chew on the bark. Because of that they look horrible. I'm probably going to replace them with something more deer resistant. Absolutely love HortTube! TY

[@phillyz6690]

I can confirm deer will NOT eat these which is a plus. My yard deer eat everything but never touch these. I see many make the mistake and plant the smaller emerald arborvitae and deer will eat the lower 5ft of those immediately which defeats the screening purpose.

[@followrobthomas]

They don't eat mine either but they rut on them. I had a small one get destroyed. They will eat the emerald Green arbs that's for sure

[@dylan8285]

Besides a screening plant there also great as a spruce specimen replacement

[@EastRiverHomestead]

I am zone 9b, east coast of GA and they do just fine here.

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

You know Jim, I once saw a 20 foot tall person. I stayed clear of that guy! 🤣Great review, I totally enjoyed. I have one and only one that I planted early 2020. It was roughly 4 feet tall...it's now over 11 feet!!

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

I’ve seen them big as rocket ships here in zone 8 GA!

[@jennifergreene8891]

Beautiful! Happy New Year Jim, Stephany, Ms. Holly, and Griffin!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@stephanyputnam]

You, Too!

[@angelapolly1]

We just transplanted our 3 year old one yesterday. Hope it lives. It was the size of the one you're holding at 11:00

[@angelapolly1]

I limbed our GIGANTIC one beside our house up and my kids can play underneath it now.

[@maryanne2666]

I’ve only seen them listed as thuja plicata, not standishii x plicata. Thanks for the inside information!

[@johnc6228]

Thuja is one of the very few genus names that has no alternate in any country or North and South US alternate. It is thoo-ya in every single country

[@marct2168]

Jim, when would you prune these?

[@angelapolly1]

What plant is beside the arborvitae? Chindo Viburnum?

[@richard-fy2mu]

OK definably not applicable to my need but do they have a smaller version? 20 ft by 15 ft great. Need to block prying eyes of HOA from my back yard.

[@LittleIowa]

I would love something like this that only gets two to four feet wide.

[@therestlessgardener9287]

Blue Arrow Juniper or Sting Arborvitae.

[@jaredwilds3833]

What is the plant next to the green giant in the video?

[@JimPutnam]

Chondo viburnum

[@seanliver593]

why are those planted so close together ?

[@JimPutnam]

He takes cuttings off of them so it doesn't really matter

[@sharonkaulinis5673]

Yeah, well, that's my problem.What's a small screening plant

[@lindylou3519]

Ditto.

[@HandcraftedintheFoothills]

There are jr green giants on the market that are about half the size of these

[@JimPutnam]

The new cultivars do grow slower, but it's unlikely that will ultimately be smaller. Just slower getting there.

[@slamrock17]

If you need something in about zone 7 then I recommend Holly. Still grows relatively fast responds well to pruning. Jim has good videos on different cultivars.

[@slamrock17]

Juniper

[@GardenInspiredLiving]

Oh Jim and community pls I need your expert opinions! I have some green giant and also some junior giants which are doing well and have space, however the opposite side of my property I planted Leylands that weren’t trimmed in the green growth over the years thus have become brown through the middle, I had them limbed up to 4 ft since old trumpet vines were growing on them ( I actually did successfully kill the trumpet vines and they haven’t grown back) but now I’m wondering if I should have leylands removed and green giants put in their place OR if Jim or any of you have alternative suggestions I’d love to hear them - I’m WAY too close to neighbors with parties and tons of kids and cigarettes and all the awful thing 😢! I’m not moving lol, the Leylands were good for a dozen years but now not so much! Oh the never ending privacy screen struggles for neighborhoods 😅! I was thinking of limelight hydrangeas however my neighbors have an above ground pool AND a second story on the house and a high deck 😮😮😢…HELP!

[@cindyl3916]

Blue point junipers get apx 12x8 foot and grow super fast. I have 14 and they’re bulletproof in my NE Oklahoma yard. It gets extremely cold and hot in this corner of the state and mine are planted where they receive full exposure in all directions.

[@GardenInspiredLiving]

@ Thank you Cindy, I have quite a few hetzii junipers but I’m thinking 12ft isn’t high enough to cover the second story neighbors issue? I was considering lvg the limbed up Leylands and underplanting w limelight or possible firelight hydrangeas and hope the tips of the pruned Leylands bush out? I just know I made a mistake A planting the Leylands and B not keeping them trimmed yearly so they’d stay smaller and bushy for a good while …lessons learned like Jim says the expensive way 🥲

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[@david020218]

Your going to get hit with a severe cold front I hope your plants will be ok 🤞

[@TheBarefootedGardener]

I planted a hedge of these 12’ OC,which seemed really weird at the time. He has a big lot, and wants to screen 2 story houses…

[@sosuzguy]

Cows 🐄 will eat on them