Neighbor going to sue me over bamboo screen!
lmcrane
15 years ago
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kudzu9
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I need help in screening out my neighbor
Comments (11)bboy, the information I provided indicated certain strains of buddleia will survive zone 4. That's not my opinion, it's information about them from those who know. The best advice is always to consult with a reliable local nursery/horticulturalist before purchasing/planting. I disagree with your opinion that fertilizer spikes are an ineffective and expensive way to fertilize buddleia. Possibly where you are? Certainly not here. It depends what you want,I guess. We want - and now have - a 20' tall, full, reliable screen that produces countless deep purple 1-foot-plus-long blooms all season and is also a hummingbird and butterfly magnet. In the wild (without fertilizing) they look weed-like with sparse, small blooms. Considering the fertilizer spikes we use are 20 cents apiece (we use five of them) and we have a 100% privacy screen covered in blooms to block an unsightly yard across the road, I don't feel that is either expensive or ineffective. BTW, we live rurally and the specimens I'm talking about were dug up for free(with the owner's permission) from a lot about to be bulldozed to build a house. They grow wild here and we like to naturalize as much as possible . I wouldn't dream of putting them in my rose garden or other more cultivated areas. As a perimeter screen, they have worked perfectly. I guess what constitutes a "pest" is in the eye of the beholder. Best wishes, Sue...See MorePrivacy hedge in shade to screen drunk neighbors
Comments (2)Welcome to Gardenweb and OMG. That sounds terrible. If you have not noticed the "Gallery" section of the Trees forum is less traveled than the main forum. Sorry for the delay in a response but GW likes to divide.... How high will you have to go to block their line of site and how much room side to side do you have? I am in St Louis but will guess. Sequoiadendron giganteum I hear does well out there as a yard tree. You should be able to get 100 foot out of it. Douglas Fir? The Green Giant Arborvitae is a favorite on the boards it seems. These are probably on the extreme end. Is your yard formal where a row of all the same plant is what would look best or can we mix and match? A mix is more disease resistant than any monoculture. Any chance a two foot trellis over the fence with a vine on it would do the trick while whatever tree or shrub grows?...See MoreBamboo in the Suburbs - will my neighbors hate me?
Comments (6)Another bamboo lover in Kansas! Welcome! I live in the suburbs too and have planted bamboo near my property line with the neighbors to provide a screen. I am doing rhizome pruning as kudzu9 recommends. I was worried about it getting away from me when I first got it, but after it's first year in the ground I can see that it is not going to be nearly as invasive as I imagined. I have to do a lot more work keeping the neighbor's english ivy in check than I do keeping my own bamboo constrained. I have noticed that when you tell people around here that you have bamboo, they immediately think of Japanese Knotweed, a highly invasive plant that is abundant in the Lake of the Ozarks area. True bamboo is not nearly that invasive, but be prepared to explain that if your neighbors ask what you are growing....See MoreMessy neighbor -- need trees to screen
Comments (26)Thanks, earthly. It's times like this that you learn how little you are protected by local codes. You can park anything on the street that has a current registration, no matter how crumby it looks. Boats on trailers can be parked in the street as long as the trailer is hooked up to a car or truck. I have the bad luck to live across from a slob (who is also mean and stupid) and now I have this mess next door. The neighbors are very much on top of things but the township can only do so much. We have a lot on our street where the guy knocked the house down three years ago and has left a mess ever since. We've been all over him about cleaning up but as long as he has a current building permit there is nothing we can do, excpet make the lot safe. As soon as one permit expires, he gets another. There are 40 house on my street and at least 36 of them are beautifully kept. Just my luck to be near two eyesores. Anyway, I am looking into bamboo in containers that will grow fast. I am concerned about planting in the ground since I don't want them to spread like mad. Looks like we're finally getting the rain we need. I just didn't want it all at once. Thanks for your supportive and helpful comments! Pam...See Morekudzu9
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