49+ Thuja Green Giant Landscaping Ideas Background. Leyland cypress are a popular landscape tree in the south: Extremely popular for their fast growth rate and hardy nature, these attractive arborvitae have quickly beat out leyland cypress as the number.
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Thuja 'green giant' makes a dense, thick, lovely hedge with regular pruning. Thuja green giant trees are easy to grow evergreens used mainly for privacy screening. These evergreen trees can grow up to 3 to 4 feet per year in ideal conditions.
These evergreen trees can grow up to 3 to 4 feet per year in ideal conditions.
Thuja is a genus of 6 species of coniferous, evergreen trees from east asia and north america. Dirr says it bronzes in winter like many evergreens. I threw my keys next to the tree to give an idea of size. Thuja green giants get their iconic name by growing up to massive heights between 20 to 40 feet tall.