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| The Green Giant Arbor Vita is a major addition to | | | | these plants. Buy, sell, or trade is our motto. If |
| the arborvitae family of trees for the homeowner | | | | we can't use an item maybe we can trade it to |
| around Doylestown Pa.. I perdict that this plant will | | | | someone else that can, or sell it at our "flea |
| be used in many landscapes. It will be like an | | | | market store" in the town of Milan where we |
| invasion. | | | | own some more properties. It's up north in |
| Our farm, Highland Hill Farm, is located in solid clay | | | | Bradford County near the border with New York. |
| in Doylestown Pa.. We therefore like plants that | | | | "Wanna" trade for some hunting, camping, or |
| grow well in dense, heavy, rather impermeable, | | | | searching for Susquehanna Indian artifacts up |
| NOT well-drained soils. One of the arborvitae, the | | | | there? We can do that too. |
| Green Giant, the Western Redcedar Tree, or | | | | I once put an ad in the paper that said, "If it free |
| botanically, the Thuja Plicata, is our favorite. Here | | | | its for me," but soon had to cancel it because I |
| is why: | | | | collected so much great used stuff. For example, |
| The hardiness zone the Green Giant Arborvita | | | | I had enough paint to dip an entire VILLAGE in it, |
| tolerates is from zone 5 to zone 8. That's where | | | | let alone paint a house. Disposal became an issue. |
| extreme cold temperatures get down to a | | | | That's how I came up with the barter and trade |
| temperate level of about 15 or 20 degrees in the | | | | idea. Now, it is TREE and SHRUBS we need to |
| winter (Zone 8), but also as low as a frigid level | | | | dispose of. Email us about your surplus materials, |
| of 15 or 20 degrees BELOW zero (zone 5). Green | | | | send a list with brief descriptions. Or call us. |
| giants are evergreens, being cedars. Their rapid | | | | Barter has proven to be a great is a great way |
| growth rates can in ideal conditions reach 3 feet | | | | to meet new people too. |
| per year. Site requirements for the Green Giant | | | | Though I did not invent this wheel I have |
| Arborvita are sun to partial shade, moist well | | | | accumulated enough wheels so that it appears I |
| drained soil preferred (but still does well in clay), | | | | might have. Barter has become a means of |
| and protection from wind, at lest when young. | | | | exchanging my surpluses for other people's |
| The Green Giant is a beautiful tree. It has an | | | | surpluses. Here is a sample list from an ad that I |
| aesthetically fine form. It's conical, being narrow to | | | | ordinarily run on my website : |
| broadly pyramidal, reaching from 50 feet to 80 | | | | Trades Wanted |
| feet in height in southeastyern Pennsylvania. The | | | | We are always looking to trade our surplus |
| width at the base of the cone is usually about 15 | | | | nursery stock and seedlings for your surplus. |
| feet to 20 feet. The leaves are rich green making | | | | Examples of what make a ready trade are: |
| graceful foliage. | | | | ANY Construction materials and equipment |
| Green Giants make a superb privacy screen. | | | | (lumber, brick, sand, cement, steel, etc., etc.) |
| They keep their foliage color year 'round, great | | | | Plumbing supplies |
| for brightening bleak gray winter days with snow | | | | Hunting and fishing gear and items |
| on the ground. The cinnamon bright red bark | | | | Hand tools |
| when young turn rich russet brown with time | | | | Farm implements |
| crating a strong contrast with the needle leaves. | | | | Farm supplies |
| Green Giants' flowers, their fruit are pretty little | | | | Fencing materials |
| light brown half-inch female cones. (Just so you | | | | Palletized stone |
| know, Green giants are females, so its okay to | | | | Lumber |
| call the cones pretty.) The Green Giant is also a | | | | Household items |
| wonderful shade tree, casting a dark, dense | | | | Livestock |
| shade. The wood is strong too, once the tree is | | | | Click here for driving directions: |
| beyond its youth. | | | | Please sign up for our newsletter/email list at |
| This is an arborvita that should outlive even your | | | | We use our newsletter and email list to announce |
| grandchildren. There are Green Giants out west | | | | many of the specials and free/surplus items that |
| documented to be over 300 years old. Just don't | | | | we offer other than this unique situation. |
| plant these too close to the ocean, or roads in | | | | Thanks again for your interest, |
| areas where there's a lot of salt used for snow | | | | Bill Hirst |
| removal. If you get over 100 inches of snowfall | | | | 215-651-8329 |
| and more per year, no roadside Arborvita planting | | | | Report this article |
| where salt is used, PLEASE. The greatest soldier | | | | This article is free for republishing |
| of ancient Greece in the Trojan war had his one | | | | Source: |
| little weak spot, what proved to be a fatal flaw, | | | | Republish this article |
| and the "Achilles Heel" for Green Giant Arborvitae | | | | |
| is hypersensitivity to salt. | | | | Ask a Question About this Article |
| This arb will probably not grow out of fashion as | | | | >> I am trying get the GreenRide |
| the Bradford Pear. The simple reason is that is a | | | | Registration site |
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| very common in a wide range of landscape | | | | state |
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| well with little care. | | | | |