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APTLY NAMED - A VERY FAST GROWING ARBORVITAE 

FEATURES:

  • Tall, narrow growth habit with dense green branching holding year round color
  • Exceptional winter hardiness, survives heavy snow loads and high winds, and is deer-resistant
  • Plant where an exclamation point in design is desired or, as the name says, it makes an excellent screen or hedge that will not overgrow
  • Fast-growing; giving you the screen you need in the shortest time
  • Hand selected fresh from the Grower
  • Ships in a plant-safe designed box

Growth Facts

  • Hardiness Zone: 3-8
  • Mature Height: 20-30' tall
  • Mature Width: 3-4' wide
  • Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
  • Spacing: 3-4' apart

Full Speed A Hedge® American Pillar Arborvitae

Bower & Branch Trees and Plants

Thuja occidentalis 'American Pillar' PP20,209

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APTLY NAMED - A VERY FAST GROWING ARBORVITAE 

FEATURES:

  • Tall, narrow growth habit with dense green branching holding year round color
  • Exceptional winter hardiness, survives heavy snow loads and high winds, and is deer-resistant
  • Plant where an exclamation point in design is desired or, as the name says, it makes an excellent screen or hedge that will not overgrow
  • Fast-growing; giving you the screen you need in the shortest time
  • Hand selected fresh from the Grower
  • Ships in a plant-safe designed box

Growth Facts

  • Hardiness Zone: 3-8
  • Mature Height: 20-30' tall
  • Mature Width: 3-4' wide
  • Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
  • Spacing: 3-4' apart

Why plant Full Speed A Hedge® American Pillar Arborvitae?

Full Speed A Hedge! Grow the living privacy screen that your landscape deserves with the fast growing American Pillar Arborvitae. Ideal for residential and commercial properties, this Thuja variety is sure to fill the holes in the landscape quickly and elegantly. With minimal maintenance required, American Pillar will retain its columnar shape naturally with very little pruning. Only have a smaller space to plant? No worries, American Pillar is a slim and straight tree perfect for those smaller areas that could use a touch of green!

How to use Full Speed A Hedge® American Pillar Arborvitae in the landscape?

The American Pillar Arborvitae creates an excellent privacy screen and windbreak. Its narrow habit allows it to be planted in tight spaces and its height will provide screening for balconies and second stories.

Planting Zones

Hardiness Zone: 3-8

How To Plant Full Speed A Hedge® American Pillar Arborvitae

Simple to grow, just give it a fair amount of sun, some average well drained soil and let it grow! Easy to grow, Arborvitae likes an average to good soil, moist is great but not standing water. If your location has poor soil be sure to improve the soil quality with our Elements Composition Planting Mix or a well aged compost and then be sure to mulch well.

How To Water

Water this fella regularly for the first six months. Once he is established, normal rainfall should be sufficient.

How To Fertilize

Fertilizing this Arborvitae is not required but if you wish to give its growth a boost, we recommend using our Elements Starter Plant Food.

How To Prune

American Pillar is very well behaved and pruning will seldom be needed. When a touch up is needed prune in early spring or early summer.

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Size Small (AAA), Medium (A2A), and Large (AA) plants (our Treelings, Shrubs, Bushes, and Perennials) will be shipped directly to your home by a common carrier. Ships in a plant-safe designed box within 5-7 business days.

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