Privacy Screen Question (Landscaping)
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Comments (1)I dont know of any in 1-2 years that would make a good screen. It took me 3-4 years to get my screen which is about 10 ft long and about 2-3 ft wide. I used 3 Phyllostachys aureosulcata Aureocaulis plants to start, which is considered a fast running type boo. Its still at .25-.5 inches in diameter and about 15ft tall buts its fairly compact; I am unable to walk through it. Also pictured is dulcis which has bigger culms but not nearly as many come up each year. I dont have a recent pic of the Aureocaulis but it put up almost double the amounts of shoots this year, which is year 4, if I get a chance I will post a newer pic on my site. GoodLuck Here is a link that might be useful: Boo Growth...See MoreFargesia murielae privacy screen spacing question
Comments (3)It all depends on how much screening you want and how soon. You can certainly plant them further apart, especially if you're going to use only two bamboo. I'd say you should simply set the pots out in different locations and try to visualize what it will look like in 5+ years if they expand in the shape you're familiar with. I guess if you plant them pretty far apart and aren't satisfied in a few years you can always put another one in the center....See Morelandscaping/privacy screen help!
Comments (3)Thank you for your feedback! Yes, there is very limited planting space due to the palms that are there, and that whole area behind the patio, including behind the fireplace, is pretty narrow- just a few feet. I was wondering if maybe a hedge form of something, perhaps pittosporum, could work along the fence? And I was avoiding crape myrtle bc I thought it was deciduous but I see there is an evergreen wax myrtle that might work! And the umbrella tree is really beautiful, but the height (30-40) is a bit intimidating. (The juniper looking trees are Italian cypresses, and the expected height does worry me a bit about planting more.)...See MorePrivacy Screen Issue
Comments (7)Your'e welcome to brainstorm here on this public forum with your landscape design questions where the thoughts and opinions of others are FREE. My thoughts are: I wouldn't use emerald green arborvitae but instead an evergreen shrub that matures at about 8 feet or so tall without pruning, http://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/1630 I would plant that hedge outside the fence on the side yard and front yard. I would remove all of those junipers now from your side yard. Remove all of the sod and the old tall arborvitae from the front and side yards and replant with groundcovers, perennials, grasses and small shrubs from a planting design. You have a nice size yard inside your fence boundary and I would spend some time to think about how you use and move about the yard. Where do you want to sit, outdoor cooking, hot tub, fire pit, entertaining space, or more secluded places. etc. the like. Think of the yard as more like "rooms" inside your home. Then plan your walkways or how you'll move from one room to another. Eliminate 75% of your sod. Install hardscaping like flagstone for those walkways you planned out, how about an arbor with a grapevine for shade in the summer to sit under and fruit to eat. Then get together your planting plan for those landscaped areas where you've removed the sod and plant with groundcovers, grasses, perennials and small or large shrubs that will provide you with color, fragrance and texture in your "rooms". And now you want to look around where you are in the yard, where do you need privacy? Should it be very close to you or farther out away? Should it be an evergreen large shrub or deciduous tree or an evergreen tree? Then you'll adjust your planting plan for plants that need sun/shade. I hope this helps some, I think I've entertained your questions....See MoreDig Doug's Designs
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