Best plant for tiny hedge
matt1234321
8 years ago
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Comments (3)Rosa rugosa, despite being widely sold, is listed as invasive in many states invasive plant listing. It grows thickly, with longish shoots, and has thorns, so you would be doing a LOT of (painful) trimming over the summer. Although, since there is only one foot of space between the fence and the drive, you are looking at doing a fair bit of trimming, whatever you put in. What is on the other side of the fence? Since your neighbor has the legal right to trim back anything that grows over into his/her airspace, you probably want to be careful what you plant - are you on good terms, and can you get permission to go on their property to trim your "hedge" back to the fence, or will they be willing and happy to do so? See if yo can find a listing of evergreen hedge plants (try Southern Living Garden Book) for your locale, and then see if you can find examples growing in your neighborhood. This can help you make up your mind....See MoreBest hedge plants for lubbock!!!
Comments (3)You should get a soil test first and let that tell you what can grow well there....See MoreLubbock Texas Panhandle(Hub City) Best hedge plants?
Comments (11)OK, I'm just quoting out of a book on the different Tx. regions, some would work for hedge plants others are extra ....For the High Plains (Lubbock) the list goes thus: Fourwing Saltbush Oklahoma Plum Cottonwood Arkansas Rose Colorado Pinon Fern Acacia Bush Morning Glory Feather Dalea Winterfat Creeping Barberry Rabbit Bush (chamisa) Texas Barberry Artemisia Rocky Mt. Juniper Snakeweed Downy Aromatic Sumac Silverleaf Mountain Mahogany Cutleaf Daisy Pink Plains Penstemon Blackfoot Daisy Yellow Zinnia Apache Plume Soapberry Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Mohr Oak Havard Oak Yellow Plainsman Trumpet Vine Sand Sagebrush Silver Agarito Eastern Red Cedar Oneseed Juniper Paperflower Narrow Leaf Yucca There is also a list of various wildflowers & Buffalo Grass lawn. Sounds pretty to me. I personally love the Apache Plume, Sand Sage, Rabbitbush, Plains Penstemon, Blackfoot Daisy, Agarito, Winterfat & Mountain Mahogany. This post was edited by TexasRanger10 on Mon, Apr 7, 14 at 23:22...See MoreBest Soil for Hedge Plants Grown in Raised Beds?
Comments (22)What's coating the lava pebbles ls fines. I get it without fines. And GG is correct - rock is not a component of soil per se. I grow many plants that are native to very rocky or poor soils - Australians, succulents and conifers primarily. Maybe the term term 'substrate' is better! In order to grow winter-dry plants here (waaayyyy out of their normal rain pattern) I must keep their roots as dry as possible, which means planting on mounds with a high rock/pebble component. Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek is apparently redoing their beds with a significant component of rocky substance. I have found that the conifers do well in this mix, too. The Pittosporum is likely much less fussy and doesn't mind the wet feet as much. I have successfully been able to overwinter succulents( that rotted in past) because of the soil mix that I now use. FWIW, I now plant all of my container conifers (mostly those that are still too small to plant out - the jackrabbits are vicious) in cactus mix. I would imagine that woodland plants or any that prefer a richer soil would not like this, but the Japanese Maples do fine, as do the Ginkgo, oaks, etc etc. Westes I think that GG is also correct that you are likely overthinking this. The Pitts should be ok with almost any of the choices....See More
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