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Posted on 6/13/16 at 4:31 pm to lsulaker
Camellia Japonica is also a good option. can get flowers in red, pink, and sometimes white.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 4:41 pm to Bleeding purple
Holly is very resilient too, but you'll have to keep it trimmed up or they can take over. I had one get about 10 feet tall that I had to cut down. A few others I just trimmed back to nothing but the thick limbs coming off the trunk. That was last summer, and they're already a nice round shape again.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 5:07 pm to lsulaker
Be careful with red tip photinias. We stopped using them in our area and removed them from our properties we kept up years ago because of constantly fighting leaf fungus.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 5:45 pm to lsulaker
Orange, satsuma, lemon, grapefruit trees. Colorful and practical
Posted on 6/13/16 at 7:35 pm to tenfoe
Oleander
Posted on 6/13/16 at 8:17 pm to datFNpinto
Oleander if you don't have pets, Japanese blueberry, Japanese yew.
Try Fraser's photinia. It doesn't bloom but has a nice red foliage and is evergreen. Posted on 6/13/16 at 9:38 pm to lsulaker
I planted a row of viburnums to hide a six foot fence along my property line. I've been very happy with it.
Pros:
- Extremely tolerant of deep freezes and heat.
- Grows quickly. I bought the smallest ones and within two years the fence was pretty much hidden.
- Can be trimmed/trained into any shape.
Cons:
- Sheds leaves that will need to be mulched and/or bagged.
- Aggressive growth leads to a lot of pruning.
Pros:
- Extremely tolerant of deep freezes and heat.
- Grows quickly. I bought the smallest ones and within two years the fence was pretty much hidden.
- Can be trimmed/trained into any shape.
Cons:
- Sheds leaves that will need to be mulched and/or bagged.
- Aggressive growth leads to a lot of pruning.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 9:45 pm to AllGravy
Viburnum is the answer but it won't give the flowering effect your wife may crave. It grows fast, even, and full.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 10:11 pm to lsulaker
two suggestions....I would either use oleander or althea...
oleander is good if you want a pretty large plant and althea would be better if you want something tall...
unfortunately, both lose their leaves during the winter, but althea is thick enough so that the twigs would hide the fence anyway. just go to a nursery and pick out what you like in a variety that is tall enough to hide the fence.
fwiw, althea would be my choice as it requires no pruning and makes some beautiful flowers all summer against dark green foliage.
oleander is good if you want a pretty large plant and althea would be better if you want something tall...
unfortunately, both lose their leaves during the winter, but althea is thick enough so that the twigs would hide the fence anyway. just go to a nursery and pick out what you like in a variety that is tall enough to hide the fence.
fwiw, althea would be my choice as it requires no pruning and makes some beautiful flowers all summer against dark green foliage.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 10:36 pm to lsulaker
We used Japanese blueberry for some privacy trees
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