Before and After ~~~

…With our Thuja Green Giant!

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AKA: Thuja standishii x plicata ^^^ While not quite an AFTER, we are hoping to see considerable growth by this time next year… A START probably would be a better statement.It took my son and I two hours to properly plant twelve trees [add one that got transplanted that was not a Thuja].

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Digging in soil that for years had been planted in corn was not easy. We had the soil conditioner plus mulch that has to be mixed then planting the 1 gallon tree re mixing the soil with more mulch and staking the trees [FOUR stakes PER 3 foot Tree] so the Weed Eater people COULD see it before killing it. AARRGGHH yet another story…

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This site I located has an additional appeal, the section on What is in Bloom Now! Very interesting. ^^^ Deer grazing does not appear to be a problem for these hardy trees—certainly a beneficial quality for landscape plants

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A superior introduction from the U.S. National Arboretum that will grow to 60ft or more in height, at the fantastic rate of up to 3ft a year! All this while keeping its glossy, green color in winter and maintaining a tight and uniform, conical shape. A superior introduction from the U.S. National Arboretum that will grow to 60ft or more in height, at the fantastic rate of up to 3ft a year! All this while keeping its glossy, green color in winter and maintaining a tight and uniform, conical shape.

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'Green Giant' won the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Gold Medal Plant Award in 1998.

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Although a small genus of six evergreen Conifers native to North America and East Asia, Thuja is important as a source of timber and ornamental trees and shrubs. You might know the weather-resistant wood of White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) and Western Red Cedar (T. plicata) as the material of choice for fence posts, shingles, greenhouses, and other outdoor structures. A great number of varieties are available, selected for unusual form, color, texture, or growth rate, and are useful as specimen trees or in hedges, or in the case of dwarf forms, in rock gardens and foundation plantings. Grow in average to moist, well-drained soil.