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Privacy screen under a black walnut :(

We'd like to add a privacy screen along the fence we're building (still in progress) but it's right below a black walnut. Yikes :(. Beautiful but limiting. The walnut is on our neighbor's property.

There's about an 80ft long section of fence. There is a creek, which you can see the start of on the right of the picture and we'd like to add a Willow 50ft from the fence, along the creek, for standing water control. We will be putting in a retaining wall where you see the dip in the yard. The upper yard will be production oriented (dwarf fruit trees, veg garden, flowers, etc), the lower portion near the screen will be open space. I should also mention that we live in the piedmont region of VA, so the soil is all red clay.

We were thinking of going with a row of American Hollies but I'm not sure. I definitely want the hollies as they provide year round coverage and are on of my favorites but some diversity and layering would be great. Any help appreciated! Thanks!


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