How to Plant LIVING FENCE! Complete Guide for Thuja Green Giants and Leyland Cypress

[@stevie1748]

If you want them to grow a bit faster I would suggest getting rid of the grass around them and putting 3 inch layer of Pine mulch. Grass is a Nitrogen pig and will steal it from your Giants. Also I find Chicken Manure pellets to be a great way to boost their growth, with little risk of burning them. I enjoy your videos, thanks.

[@AARDA1113]

Great info. My advice for future tree videos is to show more of the trees and not keep point your camera to the ground.

[@bluejay3945]

Lelands have so many issues. The Green Giant was developed as an improvement over Leylands. Why on earth would u ever intermix the 2? Are u a horticulturist or an arborist?

[@dragonflybonsaigardens]

Leyland in my country are cultivated as Christmas trees. They will be cut out in the far future but have been flourishing in that spit since they were 5 inches tall.

[@dragonflybonsaigardens]

If you have any suggestions on what would be better for that spot I'm open to hear it

[@bluejay3945]

@@dragonflybonsaigardensgo to an accredited nursery or garden center. That’s my free advice. Looking at how close the sidewalk is u will also eventually have a problem Leylands are horrible. Eventually u will curse the day u planted them. U obviously have an issue with paying for a landscape ready plant so any recommendations is tough. I don’t know the size of ur area nor do I know ur climate zone. There are times when fencing just makes sense and maybe that’s ur issue. I like thuja green giant, Dragon lady holly, Brackens Brown Beauty, etc but it’s part of a design not a straight row of alternating evergreens. I can’t for the life of me understand why people like yourself don’t get professional design help before spending $ like this. Can’t tell u how many times we have had to rip out exactly what u have planted and your $500 planting turns into thousands of $ of renovation. My advice…seek out professional help from multiple sources.

[@peternyc]

@@dragonflybonsaigardens Green giants are so beautiful. Just plant all green giants. You will be happy.

[@stevie1748]

@@peternyc True, but it is nice to avoid Mono Cultures. If they get hit by a disease, you could lose your entire precious screen that took years to develop. Nice to mix up the screen with Variety. Maybe a spruce, Hemlock and white pine or Juniper here and there.