Need tall evergreen, shade tolerant, inexpensive, thick cover??
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Comments (12)lol, Yes, it's never fast enough when dealing with neighbors. I put off doing anything to this side of the yard because I thought they would build there last. So I focused on the other fence line. Well, wouldn't you know they are building right where I have nothing planted first. Argghhh. I just love my privacy, so I'm anxious to get something up. And privacy fence is just not in my budget right now. I have one rhodedendron now, but it's not doing very well. Maybe because we have so many trees. And they are mostly maples. I put an acid stake in it awhile back hoping it would perk up, but still hasn't yet. I thought I heard they like acidic soil. Does that sound right? NancyAnn, I looked into gunnera a couple weeks ago. They had it clearanced at Springhill, but it said it's not hardy to zone 5. I was so excited to get it til I realized that. If anyone has any experience though with growing it in zone 5 or if there is a hardy variety, please let me know. You know, I never even thought of hydrangeas. That would be really pretty and would definitely brighten things up. How tall do they get? I think I may just try that. Dusty, if Hiam has some extras, I'd love it!! I've done alot of areas in lattice fence panels and love it for climbing stuff. But it's a pretty big area and I think it would cost more than I can afford right now. I'll have to look at the vibirnums too. I just got some rose of sharons for another area at Lowe's the other day for 3 bucks each. And they are at least 2 feet tall. Maybe they'll have some clearanced hydrangeas or vibirnums also. Thanks for the great ideas everyone! Gives me some hope that something will grow there. lol. Even if it's not fast enough. :) T...See MoreHelp! Need shade-loving tall evergreen privacy hedge
Comments (17)We had a similar situation in our backyard. We planted arborvitae, which did very well along our side fence, in pretty dense shade. However, in the past few years they have been decimated by deer. If you don't have a deer population passing through, arborvitae should work well. We used Canadian Hemlocks along our back property Line, which also has a significant amount of shade and competes with other trees. They grew quickly, but after their third year, they were attacked by wooly adelgid (an aphid-like disease), and in spite of our efforts to save them, they are looking pretty bad, and I need replacing. I'm told that Hemlocks are not susceptible to disease, but my experience was not good....See Moreneed shade tolerant crimson or dark red
Comments (13)Thanks for all the responses, everybody! Organic tosca, I don't have Vintage's catalog, but I did look up some of their old newsletters and saw a great article on the hybrid musks. Thanks. Nastarana and Monarda, I love the looks of the ones you suggested, but I don't think the Prince or those HP's would do very well here as far as blackspot goes. I hope someone can tell me I'm wrong because they are very beautiful. Cardinal Hume sounds like it might stay healthy here and would be a good possibility. Maureen, the pictures I see of Quadra on the forum and on helpmefind really are something. One day in the not so distant future, I can see myself taking out my puny Don Juan and putting in Fields of the Woods or Quadra in it's place. Luxrosa, I've got Lamarque growing up an arbor, one on each side. I under-estimated how much it would affect that one side as it grew up. It's just doing too good of a job! I do seem to misjudge a lot of the time and I am lucky roses are so easy to move....See MoreShade-tolerant climber? Nahema (my new garden - continued)
Comments (33)Ooh, vaporvac - Clotilde Soupert is gorgeous!!! I love the last pic, especially with the pink centres. I will see if she's available here - it's a bit frustrating as there are often roses I hear you all talk about but which aren't available for me, especially in Perth - as I need to get it from the local rose nursery which grafts on Fortuniana so I'm stuck with what they offer. I have to confess, I'm not keen on pale/white roses - I like them to have a "solid" colour. ;-) (unless the white is very "solid" - like a strong ivory or snowy white)... if I'm making sense? But otherwise, it just looks sort of washed out - or in the very bright Aussie sunshine, I find that the flowers reflect light terribly and just look like white blurs in the garden. Like so far, I'm not very impressed with Evelyn because she seems like such a pale, wishy-washy "non-colour". Perhaps I'm being unfair as she hasn't rebloomed like the other Austins (after Reine Victoria, she's the next LEAST performing rose so far) - so maybe I haven't seen any decent flowers from her yet and I'm judging too early. I also wonder if white blooms wouldn't stand out much against the white wall? I was actually thinking I'd really like a climbing rose with darker blooms - like dark pink - the only problem is finding one that would be shade tolerant! Here's another picture of the wall. As you can see, I don't have a lot of space to play with and if I fan Nahema out, I don't know if I'll have space for another climbing rose! It would have to go farther to the left, on the wall just behind Lady of Shalott ( the bush with the GIANT octopus arm - LOL!), next to the window - and I'm not sure there is enough space in the bed. It's very narrow. But I suppose I could move LOS to somewhere else - I was planning to anyway. Also, I had 3 hollyhocks growing at the back, behind LOS and POAK, along the wall (they're still there - I've just cut their tall stalks down) - so if I put a climbing rose in, I'd have to sacrifice some hollyhock space for next year - and I do love my hollyhocks... Argh! Wish I had a wider / deeper bed!! :-) ~ HY...See Morekarinmarie
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