Need help with hedge
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Comments (10)I think that you'd want to plant a bit closer than normal spacing, but I agree that you need an Oregon viewpoint, not David Austin's. They totally miss on the size of their roses in California. You might be able to find someone from the Portland Rose Society or the rose gardens there who could advise, as well. I don't know Hyde Hall. I, too, have seen some amazing rugosa hedges. There is one at Empire Mine in nearby Grass Valley. I also saw one at Omaha Beach in Normandy, lining the path to a monument. My sense of smell is not great, but the fragrance was incredible. Anita...See MoreNeed help with hedge bush
Comments (4)Thank you. I looked up podocarpus and that looks like a match. The white blobs are part of the bush. They're actually pale blue....See MoreNeed help with privacy hedge plant options.
Comments (1)I like both your evergreen choices. I had a juniper in my courtyard against the fence called "Torulosa" which I loved. A little wilder than those other two, but you asked for other options. I considered both of the ones you're mentioning, I like those too. Google "Torulosa Juniper" and you will see lots of example photos. It's wider than skyrocket, but I pruned it, and I liked the fact that it was somewhat wider. Edited to add that here is a picture of one of my four Torulosa junipers growing against my fence. I eventually took that one out to give the tree and the reddish shrub all the space, but that's how they look in a small space, sort of. Not really a good photo, but best I had. Here's one above, from the other side, the one I kept. That's about their maximum size. Here are two out of three, between a japanese maple that sadly died a short time later....See MoreNeed help for hedge along side of house (pics included)
Comments (10)Growth over onto neighbor's side is probably going to be the basis for problems later. Even at the small size the shrubs are at now, who is going to be pruning them on their side? Do they want to be having to bother with this? And what if they move out later and somebody moves in who is less agreeable? Many property owners can be quite territorial, also do not appreciate or understand hobby gardening* - or even know how to tell a garden plant from weedy kinds. (For instance I've now got a climbing rose that has been ruined by a neighbor spraying herbicide on the parts of it that recently poked through the fence maybe a foot or so. This is not the first time they have done this kind of thing, so that even though the side of the fence facing me is right on the property line I will probably have to give up on trying to grow climbing plants against it). If you want screening or separation in that comparatively narrow space you'd be a lot better off installing a wood fence yourself and then planting whatever you want on your side of it, having only of course to keep your plantings from reaching through or past the fence later - as I have to do here. *By far the majority of Americans who find themselves in possession of or involved in the upkeep of garden plants are not gardeners...See MoreYardvaark
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