Little Green Giant Arborvitae

The little giant globe arborvitae is an extremely hardy dwarf globe arborvitae.

Little green giant arborvitae.

The little giant arborvitae is the perfect plant if you want a round green ball of medium size without needing to clip or trim it. It is faint but adds a touch of brightness to the foliage. It showcases solid dark green foliage that rarely needs pruning to retain its shape. This is an exceptional landscape tree for use as a screen hedge or single specimen.

The foliage is bright green and darkens a little in the colder months. It grows steadily into a near perfect sphere 2 feet tall and wide ultimately reaching about 4 feet in both directions. Excellent for rock gardens and foundation plantings. The green giant arborvitae is a large vigorous fast growing evergreen shooting up by as much as 3 feet per year until maturity.

Can be used as a hedge or a single plant. Little giant arborvitae is a very popular evergreen shrub with dark green color all year long. Green giant is a hybrid developed from a cross between the conifers japanese arborvitae thuja standishii usda zones 5 through 7 and western red cedar thuja plicata usda zones 5 through 7. Green giant arborvitae have flattened sprays of scale like leaves.

This arborvitae grows very slowly. Provide consistent care to green giant arborvitae trees as healthy plants are more likely to avoid and recover from problems such as pests and diseases than poorly maintained trees. Its natural pyramidal to conical form boasts dense rich green foliage that darkens or bronzes slightly in the winter. Lutea aka george peabody golden yellow narrow pyramidal form 25 30 feet 7 6 to 9 m high and 8 10 feet 2 4 to 3 m wide.

Little giant arborvitae thuja occidentalis little giant grows into a perfect round ball without pruning or trimming. Little giant medium green with a height and spread of 4 6 feet 1 2 to 1 8 m woodwardii also a medium green reaching 4 6 feet 1 2 to 1 8 m in height and width. Thuja occidentalis little giant sku 7287 this small globe shaped evergreen shrub is a very versatile and useful plant noted for holding its color well even through the winter months. Matures to be around 4 5 tall x 4 5 wide.

Look for a white line on the bottoms of the leaves of these plants. This is an easy choice if you want to add a formal flair without working hard. Polish up your landscape with an easy care fine textured evergreen. It never bronzes like the oriental arborvitae.