I can’t keep arborvitae alive….. I am in Mid-Michigan zone 6a. what are some options for privacy in this zone? Problem is we have a lot of shade from pine trees, but I want taller than something like a boxwood. At least 6-8ft tall, preferably a bit more. Any thoughts?
I'm brand new to landscaping and homeownership. These trees were not like this 2 years ago (the dead part is somehow due to covering them for the winter) and am wondering if I should have them removed or if there is any way to salvage them? TYIA
Husband craves the fast thick green triangles. What can I propose instead? Zone 7b if it helps.
I have a row of 16 emerald green arborvitae and I have dogs that are very hard on them. #1 and #3 were replaced in the spring, due to dog violence, but did not have enough time before the heat arrived. #2 has been slowly giving up the ghost for a few weeks.
I don’t want to look at dead bushes all summer so I used paint, lawn paint in a pump sprayer. I will replace them again in the fall when they will have best chance of surviving.
Some of my arborvitae’s are 10’ taller than the rest and all on the back side were planted around the same time. Is this normal? The ones closest to the house do get some rain water runoff from the roof.
We just had these planted during our landscaping project two weeks ago. It was horribly hot the weekend they were planted and a few days the week after. They’ve all received the same amount of water . Last week they were still kinda green, this week we had over an inch of rain and they are now yellow on the outside, branches still show green when scratched. And still have some green needles towards the inside of the trunk. Are these a lost cause?
I planted these a couple months ago.... what do you think?
The entire first floor has 11' ceilings, it's eye level on the second floor. I had no idea how terrible these would look.
There's a deck behind them, too. What a waste.