If you decide to plant a thuja hedge in the garden, it is certainly important to you that it quickly becomes opaque. Therefore, you should fall back on fast-growing tree of life varieties. Which tree of life grows the fastest?

Thuja Brabant is one of the fastest growing tree of life varieties

Which thuja variety grows the fastest?

How much growth a thuja increases in a year depends on the variety. Some species only grow at 20 cm per year, while others show up to 40 cm growth in length.

For the creation of a hedge, those varieties that grow not only in height but also in width are particularly suitable. These fast-growing varieties include:

  • Thuja occidentalis Brabant
  • Thuja plica Martin
  • Thuja plica Aurescens

The robust Brabant is particularly often planted in the garden. It also grows well in width, so that a Brabant hedge very quickly becomes opaque.

Thuja Smaragd only grows medium-fast!

The Thuja Smaragd variety is very often planted because it impresses with its slender shape and beautiful foliage color. However, this species grows only moderately fast. It grows up to 20 cm in length every year and remains narrower overall than Brabant or Martin, for example.

Thuja Smaragd should therefore be cared for as a single tree in the garden, as it takes time for this tree of life to become an opaque hedge.

Slow growing Thuja species

Slow-growing Thuja varieties are better suited than fast-growing species for care as a single tree in a bucket or as a topiary.

Then you have little work with the cutting. Well-known slow-growing varieties are:

  • Thuja occidentalis Tiny Tim
  • Thuja occidenalis Rheingold
  • Thuja occidenalis Danika

Can the growth of a thuja be accelerated?

A suitable location can speed up the growth of a thuja hedge somewhat. Proper care also plays a role.

However, you must not overdo it with fertilizing, especially if you are giving mineral fertilizers. Over-fertilization can cause the tree of life to turn brown and die.

tips

Not many other plants thrive in front of a thuja hedge, because the soil quickly becomes too acidic due to the falling needles. Keep a sufficient distance from the hedge so that you can trim it properly after planting.

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