Okay, this must have been asked a million times, but I couldn't find any good answers.

We just bought a new home, and we need screening from the lightly traveled road we live on as well as from neighbors.

We have a privacy fence between us and the road 6' tall and a splitrail fence between us and neighbors.

All areas get strong sun all day.

Looking for something 'evergreen' so we have the winter screening as well.

Needs to be minimum 8' tall and fairly dense to block light from car headlights or windows of neighbors and give us a sense of privacy. Fairly large yard (1/3 acre) so we could use pretty big trees.

We want something that grows FAST but want it to also be right! Water is EXPENSIVE in Lyons, CO so it also should be light on the watering.

Finally, I did read about Thuja, and that one person on here had a bad experience. Wondering if others have had the same experience with this tree in colorado. Elevation is same as boulder, 5362 ft.

Any help would be appeciated!

Thanks!

Tom