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tmal14
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Landscape ideas for backyard border with neighbor
Comments (8)It is the larger pieces that anchor a landscape, and you should decide where you want or need them. Summer is very hot where I live, so I put a large deciduous tree to the southwest of my house. It keeps my house cooler in the summer, but lets warming sun in during winter. If I lived where winds were strong I would plant a wind break to mitigate them. You should think about your climate and how it changes from season to season. Trees should be planted soonest because they take the longest to get to any size. Consider how large (width and height) each tree is expected to grow. Avoid positioning a tree where it could eventually pose a threat to your buildings or a neighbor's, such as fallen limbs or roots invading plumbing. Insurance may cover it, but better not to have to deal with such. Second, but possibly more important to your situation, are shrubs. Fast growing types can hide eyesores and provide privacy as well as protect against wind. Again, consider how large any particular shrub will eventually get. If a shrub will eventually get 6' wide don't plant it closer than 3' to a wall, fence, pathway or your property line. Shrubs can define the edges of your property. They don't have to be tall unless you want to use them as a screen. They can be evergreen (broadleaf or conifer) or deciduous, and grown for flower as well as foliage. Here is a PHOTO of plants that define a property line. Once you have your property outlined, you can put beds around, between, or in front of shrubs. For the first year after planting you will need to water, especially during dry periods. Look at landscaping as a continuing project. Over the years your priorities may change. I'm not going to make recommendations for particular shrubs. You should visit a local nursery as they know your climate and soils, and which plants will do well. Neighbors can also tell you which plants worked for them and which ones failed. I think you should buy plants hardy to at least one zone colder than the one you are in due to the extremes in weather we have been having. Native trees and shrubs should not be overlooked....See MoreLanscape/hardscape ideas for back yard
Comments (2)https://youtu.be/lOAwXzKfTxY You don’t provide any measurements, however the slab appears too small for use as a patio. The linked video of our patio may probide some ideas for inclusions and landscaping. Good luck....See MorePrivacy Ideas Backyard
Comments (3)Plant trees along your fence line that have a "columnar" or narrow crown. Some classic ones I see sold around town are red maples but you can get columnar forms of many different types of trees. Don't know your zone. Columnar trees along your property line will give you privacy from a distance, much like the former tree did. Something tall up close makes you feel more hemmed in. But as Sammie mentions, it does give you something to look at so pretty planters on the deck could be part of that strategy. The reason I suggest a column form is that the tree will then spend its energy growing up to give you privacy from above/from a distance faster, instead of out which will fill in the space below with foliage. Not needed in your case because you have a fence for close up privacy. I have three columnar arborvitae in my front yard that create a complete wall of green privacy. Looks like your neighbors have something similar . . ....See MoreNeed help with ideas for backyard in little townhouse
Comments (1)I need a lot more info a to scale plan of the space and is the sun room staying ?IMO it is poorly constructed and not what you want. It seems to be part of the living space so I am a bit confused Post the plan of the whole area this townhouse sits on showing where the actual townhouse sits and how the sun room relates to that . All meaurements clearly marked and show where the neighbor is that you mention. Can this "room" be removed there are always rules in townhouse properties so check those out .The fence I see seems to be in an odd place so is the area in fron of theat fence useable property or is the end of your patio the end of the property I really need a plan...See Morekarinl
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