re: Best trees to plant in yard?

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I don't have a pic with the fence up relatively recent. Backyard where I want privacy is on the side and back fence about an area linear 60ft Side fence of yard and then a 60-75ft back fence that needs privacy. The other areas are ok.

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For privavy foliage check out Black Bamboo: LINK

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Here's the Magic... with as little as 3-4 feet, you get a privacy screen that makes fences, walls, or neighbors disappear.

You can now enjoy a natural living wall with a tropical feel. Its Feng Shui for your landscape.

• Easy to grow
• Drought tolerant
• Adapts to most soils and climates
• Disease and pest resistant

Bamboo is a perfect Privacy Screen, but Keeping the world's fastest growing plants from overtaking your yard had always been a problem with previous bamboo varieties.

Most bamboo varieties can get out of control and grow into your yard. Black Bamboo is different. It's well behaved and easy to keep right where you want it. The new shoots start out green and then turn black with age. So you will get a small color show in your garden.

Bamboo is the fastest growing privacy plant you can find, and it takes up very little room in your yard. It can grow as much as 10-12 feet a year!

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5 pages and no one has said Sylvester Palm? Grab you a half dozen of these and call it a day.

You're welcome.

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5 pages and no one has said Sylvester Palm? Grab you a half dozen of these and call it a day.

You're welcome.

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palms are soo native looking to Mississippi let me tell you. Blends right in with the Live Oaks and Southern Mags


AND NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES PLANT BAMBOO...unless you have it in a contained area like a planter or something. shite will take over your yard and you will need to rent a back ho to get rid of it all.

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that's how I feel about crepe myrtles. they look like twigs for what seems like 9 months of the year

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i disagree. Crapes look great in summer and you get nice fall color on many varieties. Just like all deciduous trees they are barren in late fall and winter. That's what you get with 99% of flowering trees.

Some varieties hold their form better than others also. That's why I typically spec Natchez, Potomac, and Dynamite.

Cypress trees- will last forever!

Bumping this thread. I'm in the tree market and Geauxld Finger is like the tree whisperer.. (Bunch of you other dudes too - so please, feel free to comment) Just curious, is there such a thing as a fast growing tree that tends to hold it's leaves during wintertime? Also which would hold up in LA summers...

I'll hang up and listen.

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Black Bamboo

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Can be a menace if not kept in check... Your yard will look like east Cambodia if a barrier isn't set

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AND NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES PLANT BAMBOO...unless you have it in a contained area like a planter or something. shite will take over your yard and you will need to rent a back ho to get rid of it all.

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You only need a barrier 12" deep to contain the runners.

I planted a row of Emerald Green Arborvites in my yard last year. All but one survived. They grow about 15" per year. Should be a nice green wall pretty soon.

I'm jealous of you if you have a blank slate.

I'm focusing on my front yard this year, but next year I have to tackle my back yard next year. It's a jungle. I want to rip out everything but the oaks and magnolias. There are some privets and hollies back there that provide excellent privacy, but I am seriously considering cutting them down. I don't think I can get anything to grow in the partially wooded area.

The previous owners of this house had a ground cover type of vine that has taken over along with some monkeygrass. I might try to just cut that out this year and start replacing it with mulch and plant nice shade and privacy trees a little at a time.