Have a bit of a dilemma with the low fence area on the Right side of the photo and drawing because we're getting conflicting advice from different garden centers.
Two garden centers are saying you can plant Emerald Green Arbor Vitae OR Green Giant Arbor Vitae in that area, with Emerald Green growing slower and thus providing cover more slowly, but being easier to handle long term with less trimming; and Green Giant growing much faster, but growing much taller and requiring more trimming long term.
The 3rd garden center is saying that the Green Giant will require too much room for roots - even more than 4 ft wide at the surface - and the Emerald Green might not have enough light (even though that area gets at over 5 hours sunlight in winter and more like 7-8 hours in summer. They are saying this based on photos not on in-person inspection.
Who is right?
