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I live in a smallish town in So OR and on a city lot in an average tract home area. We have very strict fence building codes,nothing over 3 ft high across the front of the property nor 20 feet back from the sidewalk, and then it can be 5 ft tall.
I have little money, but I am sick to death of neighbors gawking into my yard because they have nothing better to do. I want more privacy just so they won't feel free to judge me ??????? Any good shrubs that grow fast in zone 7, photinia is the fast growing shrub of choice here and also, if I could take cuttings off something I can raise plants well, I have a green thumb. Landscapers, any help ? I don't think the city will bother me with tall shrubs,only fences ?

Until you can figure out a more permanent fence or hedge, go big annuals. Sunflowers, Castor beans, ornamental corn (not the ornamental ear type but the ones with variegated or colored leaves), amaranth and vines. I recently completed a garden at a daycare and I used twine to make a "Spiderman" web. Last week the kids planted "Scarlet Runner beans" under the web, a huge success! RScott

2007-05-25 05:33:13 by Wendy b

If you would like to use landscaping ideas to gain some privacy for your yard, check out these examples of berms using shade-tolerant plants such ...

Are there any tricks we should know? Plants that work well or things to avoid? Is there a website I can use to design my yard? We live in Western KY and summer is hot and humid

A fantastic web site that might help you is gardenweb.com

2007-02-26 05:05:26 by kylady41

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I have several of both of these I am going to plant between me and the neighbors, I know how they grow, I only need to know which ones grows the fasts > thanks

The chaste tree has rapid growth and the privet has moderate growth, depending on conditions, I think you can encourage either to grow more rapidly by maintaining ideal conditions for either. I think though since the privet is an evergreen, but the chaste tree isn't, I'd plant the ligustrum and push it. Also a chaste tree has an open, irregular form, while a privet has a denser, upright form. This way, you would have year-round privacy.

2007-08-12 15:06:02 by Wendy b

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I live in a two story townhouse. I have a ground floor terrace with two sides exposed and is sheltered with a second floor balcony. The front is the larger side of a rectangle and the smaller side is centered with a 6 stair walkup (terrace is elevated about 5'). Some other terraces are surrounded with tall, thin shrubs like arbor vitae which I really don't want. I'd like something really nice that grows about 10' to 15' tall. I like the idea of the lilac tree which seems like it stays low enough and spreads out (works for the front). I also like the burning bush but there's conflicting info as to how tall this bush grows. If it doesn't grow tall enough I may choose these to directly cover the front terrace wall behind a suggested tree. But this is all I have so far. Any suggestions with photos would be really helpful since I know so little about landscaping. I'll choose best answer before time is up. Thanks for helping me out with this ;)

You could try making a sort of hand-made trellis from string and a staple-gun. Then start growing any number of climbing vines such as trumpet or clematis. There are plenty of roses that climb fast as well but can get a little sticky with the thorns but you may want those thorny trimmings to put in places you want dogs or other animals to stay out of like flower-beds. Honey suckle may grow too fast and attracts way too many bees for my liking.

2009-09-05 16:19:17 by Chopsticks

The back yard is a gentle slope all around but the last 4 feet up to the fence has a sharper dropoff of about 12-15 inches. The whole backyard is surrounded by a 6 foot privacy fence and on the other side of that fence is a creek (hence the dropoff). My husband is concerned that if we landscape the fence area much of the bedding would erode under the fence, especially after rain, but I am tired of the plain sight. So I thought about putting some hydrangeas, lilac or spirea directly into the ground (no bedding). Could the plant thrive and would this look pretty?
Any other ideas on how to spruce up a tall fence? I've tried to look for examples but find that most are low picket fences or does not have a issue of a slope.
Thanks so much.

Hey KM,

I like your ideas. The roots will actually help retain the bedding. In a similar situation, I had forsythia. This plant will spread it's roots and is fairly easy to maintain. You can control its spread, make it spread more or less.

2008-04-28 10:35:47 by K M