Landscape along Fence
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Help with planting in a drainage ditch. . .
Comments (9)It isn’t a question only of what will grow there or what the HOA will allow. It is a question of what will grow there and still allow the drainage to function as required. It was likely carefully graded to allow good drainage, and any digging around or planting in there will cause issues. So if s/he plants blue flag iris or ditch lilies AKA Hemerocallis fulva, they will spread and likely reduce the flow of water and also create pockets of trapped water that are ideal mosquito breeding grounds. Or the ditch will be undersized due to the additional volume of plant matter and slowed drainage, and so water will overflow onto the lawn. The same would apply for winterberry holly AKA.Ilex verticillata which suckers in my garden, but is a lovely wetland plant. I honestly would plant nothing IN the ditch regardless of what can be grown here because I wouldn’t want those types of issues. Either plant moisture tolerant vines that will climb the fence from the narrow strip on the far side of the ditch, or put in a border on the house side of the ditch that has large sweeps of a few types of moisture tolerant plants. Or just live with it as it is now which will be the easiest to care for....See Morelandscape design along a fence- help
Comments (5)Start by telling us where you are and your USDA growing zone. Check with the fence’s owner to see if they would permit you to paint the fence a darker color so it blends. A dark green will work best if you can get permission. You don’t need enormous plants like Green Giants which grow hugely tall and wide. The woodland behind the fence will make a beautiful borrowed landscape as is, so planting things that will be tall enough to hide the fence will be all that is needed. Are you looking only at evergreens? How much space are you willing to devote to this coming out from the fence? Having more than one layer of plants will give you better coverage sooner as well as allowing a mix of evergreen and deciduous plants for more variety and for flowers if that is what you want. I had a difficult time finding photos of appealing mixed shrub borders, so will link a thread here on Houzz/Gardenweb where I posted mine at planting and 4 years down later. Whether you can use any of the same plants will depend on your location as well as the aesthetic you have in mind. My posts start about half way down the thread. https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/3113384/shrubs-for-privacy-along-a-fence A few general pieces of advice: -Pay attention to watering the first season or two. Otherwise you may lose plants. -Don’t use landscape fabric. That is fine under paths but in a garden interferes with movement of air, moisture, and nutrients that plants need. It won’t prevent weeds and makes removal of those that grow more difficult. Use a good layer of an organic mulch such as shredded bark, and renew it as needed to keep a layer of 3” or so. If you want to, put a layer of a few sheets of newspaper under the mulch to reduce weeds initially. -Edge the bed with something that goes below the surface with a continuous edge, either a deep V cut or a buried strip edging with a mowing strip of masonry set to the bed’s surface. This will keep out lawn plants to reduce weeding. -There is no way to avoid weeding, but if you keep on top of it and don’t let things get out of control, it need not be onerous. Use a rake to scuffle up the mulch surface once a week on a sunny day. Any weeds that are still green the next day remove by hand. - When you plant, don’t plant for full coverage immediately. If you do, plants will be way overgrown within a few short years. Note in my photos on the thread linked above how fast plants grew in just 4 years. Allow the needed space for growth to maturity. Plant tags typically give the 5 or perhaps 10 year growth, so you will need to look up actual mature sizes on a reliable site such as the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Plantfinder.you can either use it to search for plants with particularly qualities such as size, bloom, evergreen or not (and you can leave some factors blank) or type in particular plant names to get info on those plants....See MoreBest evergreen privacy tree/hedge to plant along fence?
Comments (4)I would only use something like that while waiting for the plants to grow to over 12 ft. Long term, I want the plants to provide privacy. Obviously, it would need to be taller than shown in this picture to block the neighbor’s view from their 2nd story windows. Double that height? Would any of these work in this area?...See MoreBushes or hedges along new retaining wall and fence? Help!
Comments (8)'Streib's Findling' has nothing to do with Cotoneaster dammeri, is so similar to typical C. procumbens that it may be most apt to consider it such. In either case (C. dammeri or C. procumbens) we are talking about very low shrubs that will have no ability to deter dogs or human foot traffic. And would need to be checked for local climate suitability in California (try a later edition of the Sunset Western Garden Book). With fire blight being a potential chronic and ruinous problem with cotoneasters planted anywhere temperatures above 70 degrees F. occur regularly in May. In addition to the soil migration issue - already I see some of the footings for the wall support posts sitting high, because of the differential between where they are and where the bottom of the slope is - if the bed is left wide open to the sidewalk, with no barrier where the two meet there will be random and recurring wandering into the bed by animals and humans. Depending on what the specific makeup is of the local human population this unprotected large bed could now become the new great spot to bring your dog by people who do not pick up after them. It even has a fence to keep them hidden from the property owners while they are at it....See MoreYardvaark
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