Property Line Mixed Border Suggestions
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16 years ago
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16 years agolaceyvail 6A, WV
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Comments (6)Granite, I also thought flood... or land slide from the bank for the houses below. They should be concerned about future errosion. Not "Your" problem! If you go to the powers "That Be" in your municipality, bringing "Before and After pictures" "For Visual Effect", they should be able to tell you what the landscape plot plan is on the developers side of the fence. You can demand this information! These plans are usually discussed beforehand. Any additional layering of plants on either side of the fence would enhance both properties. If the project is sold out..that is really good for your property value. From a person that has moved around allot.........always think "Resale Value". If you can be assured of a long term plan that meets both sides needs...then go with it. If it does not meet your needs "As A Previous To This New Development Homeowner" (Before Pictures) Then by all means raise your voice! As always the squeaky wheel gets the grease! It Worked for Me!....Dianne...See MoreNeed help with property border plants
Comments (16)If you want to plant all one thing, you might want to consider an informal hedge of bayberry - it suckers, it's native, it grows quickly, provides great habitat for birds, and is nearly evergreen. It might be too rowdy for you, depending on how formal your neighborhood is. It takes wind and hot sun in stride and, being so informal, won't look terrible if occasionally hit by the lawn tractor or nibbled by deer (if they like it, I don't have deer here so I don't know). Not to belittle arborvitae, but a pizza place a few miles outside of Falmouth planted a long row of them along the property line a couple of years ago. Over the course of the summer I watched them decline, a little at a time - probably lack of water, but I don't really know. The following spring, they were all dead; totally brown. Not to lose the investment they'd made, the pizza guys spray painted the corpses red, white and blue. It was the funniest thing I'd ever seen in terms of garden ... ingenuity, I guess. It was humorous to me, but probably not to the guys who planted them. Anyway, I think of them whenever I see a line of arborvitae now....See Moreproperty line dilemma
Comments (18)Ctlady, if you are talking about S. prunifolia or S.nipponica cultivars (white flowers) they are indeed bloom on a previous year growth and therefore need to be pruned right after the bloom. All of them become fairly tall and IMO are not suitable for Paige's particular case. However in my suggestion I had in mind S.japonica, which blooms on a current year growth. I cut them to 6-8" in early April, they bloom toward the end of May- early June and if sheared (up to 1/3 of the height) after the bloom will rebloom later in a season. There are many cultivars of S.japonica available and most of them will be in 3-4' range which will perfectly suit for the low hedge. Paige, I agree with evonnestoryteller that demise of your pachysandra should be attributed to the abrupt change of growing conditions. No doubts, freshly planted one should be watered at the very beginning (first season at least) in order to start going, but once established it will be self-sufficient, even in a such unhospitable conditions as yours. Beauty of pachysandra (in this case) that you and your neighbor wouldn't need to dig anything in order to plant it. Just add 2-3" layer of top soil over the area where you want it to be, ask our fellow CT swappers to bring you unwanted pachy (expect driving home with a several large garbage bags of it, LOL) and plant it effortlessly. P.S. Spirea's cuttings don't need any care. They will simply root in any kind of soil, in pots or in ground. If you wish to, I could root them for you....See MoreUrban Native Landscape Property Border
Comments (4)I used rocks for a border once and they were a pain. I liked the look but weeds were a problem - and you couldn't mow real close to them. I really think mulch can make a nice border. If you make a edging trench... just a shovel, step and pry to one side .... fill the trench with mulch- the trench holds the line. You can run your lawn mower right over the mulch edge to get the grass that grows there. The biggest draw back with mulch is that it has to be re-applied as it decays. But for a "natural" look, I'd have to say mulch is probably the easiest to deal with. The next best alternative to mulch edge is those plastic edging borders. They need to be re-stepped in every year because of frost heave, where I live. My neighbor uses them and they aren't bad and barely visible... gives an easy edge to mow right up against. They make black which is probably the most inobtrusive color, but I believe there are other colors and patterns one can get now also....See Moreterrene
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