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re: Living fence recommendations
Posted on 4/24/19 at 11:54 am to CoachChappy
Posted on 4/24/19 at 11:54 am to CoachChappy
quote:
English Laurel
Isn't that the same as viburnum?
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Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:04 pm to slinger1317
quote:
Pampas Grass is a great border grass and it grows thick with little maintenance.
We had Fakahatchee (or gamma) grass planted and are going to have it dug up and moved because it got so full/tall so quickly.
I love the look of a wall of these tall grasses
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:27 pm to TDsngumbo
As in the same plant? No
English Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus
Sweet viburnum - Viburnum odoratissimum,
English Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus
Sweet viburnum - Viburnum odoratissimum,
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:38 pm to Slagathor
I hear snakes love pampas grass as well. I have no experience with it, just what I’ve been told.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:40 pm to poochie
RE: growing transplants, be prepared for 10% or more dieback unless you set up some drip irrigation or sprinklers in your growing area. Those 6" pots dry out crazy fast, and you may be setting yourself up for a long summer of watering unless you set up irrigation you can somewhat automate. An inexpensive on/off timer connected to a hose running to a sprinkler is easy, but you'll waste water. If you've got an irrigation meter, then don't worry about water costs.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:14 pm to hungryone
I’m going to figure something out to water them. They will be all in one place so easy to manage. May put a sprinkler system together.
80 6” pots would take up approx 20sf or 2/3 a sheet of plywood. I may even build a make-shift greenhouse.
I need shrubs on about 400-500’ of property line so if I lose 10% on the first replant and 10% on the second that leaves me with about 60-65 plants ready to go into the ground x 7.5’ spacing will give me 450-500’ of hedge.
80 6” pots would take up approx 20sf or 2/3 a sheet of plywood. I may even build a make-shift greenhouse.
I need shrubs on about 400-500’ of property line so if I lose 10% on the first replant and 10% on the second that leaves me with about 60-65 plants ready to go into the ground x 7.5’ spacing will give me 450-500’ of hedge.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:30 pm to poochie
quote:
60-65 plants ready to go into the ground x 7.5’ spacing will give me 450-500’ of hedge.
In 7-8 years. Mine were 15 gallon, so already 3-4 years old & got to hedge size in 5 years. Just saying that you will be waiting quite a while for "hedge" by starting with tiny plants.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:50 pm to TDsngumbo
You could do a row of ligustrum:
Posted on 4/24/19 at 3:04 pm to CoachChappy
quote:We have a few Viburnum macrocephalum (Chinese snowball) shrubs that grow like crazy.
Sweet viburnum - Viburnum odoratissimum
Posted on 4/24/19 at 3:08 pm to hungryone
Well I guess I better get started.....
Also, a 15 gallon sweet viburnum looks like $95/ea. So 80 would be $7600.
I’ve got $7400 worth of patience.
Also, a 15 gallon sweet viburnum looks like $95/ea. So 80 would be $7600.
I’ve got $7400 worth of patience.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 4:22 pm to TDsngumbo
If you can find linebacker distylium, I’d consider it. It’s a newer (2ish years) type but it grows thick and fast.
As much as I like my ligustrums, they do a number on the allergies for sure.
As much as I like my ligustrums, they do a number on the allergies for sure.
This post was edited on 4/24/19 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 4/24/19 at 7:30 pm to thatguy
Ligustrums are the devils hedges, the world needs no more of them,
Posted on 4/24/19 at 8:37 pm to BRgetthenet
I just sneezed looking at that picture.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 9:01 pm to TDsngumbo
Just some simple boxwood type shrubs ought to do it. No blooming, though.
For some weird reason, whenever I see a "living fence" or hedgerow, I always hum the lyric in Stairway to Heaven :
"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow,
Don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean
For the Mayqueen
of which I have no idea what Robert Plant was meaning.
For some weird reason, whenever I see a "living fence" or hedgerow, I always hum the lyric in Stairway to Heaven :
"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow,
Don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean
For the Mayqueen
of which I have no idea what Robert Plant was meaning.
This post was edited on 4/24/19 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 4/25/19 at 8:50 pm to thatguy
quote:
As much as I like my ligustrums, they do a number on the allergies for sure.
They’re worth it, imo.
I’ve got a row of 25 that are all over 15-20ft tall. I tell my wife they’re priceless.
Posted on 5/2/19 at 8:00 pm to BRgetthenet
Day 1 of my amazon order of 80 sweet viburnum.....
Also, fragile.... must be Italian...
Also, fragile.... must be Italian...
Posted on 5/2/19 at 8:36 pm to poochie
Those look very healthy. What seller did you buy them from, if you don’t mind me asking?
Posted on 5/2/19 at 9:54 pm to TDsngumbo
Sweet Viburnum Odoratissimum Qty 40 Live Plants Privacy Hedge - Florida Foliage
Sweet Viburnum Odoratissimum Qty 40 Live Plants Privacy Hedge https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KU7US5Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_T06YCb10MPVXW
Sweet Viburnum Odoratissimum Qty 40 Live Plants Privacy Hedge https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KU7US5Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_T06YCb10MPVXW
Posted on 5/3/19 at 4:14 am to poochie
Thanks
Posted on 5/3/19 at 4:49 am to TDsngumbo
I’ve got a busy weekend so they will stay in there til Monday, watered, then I will transplant. Will update this thread periodically throughout the coming years.
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