Hi everyone I was wondering what tropicals or hardy plants that look like tropicals should I use I have some green Elephant ears, Bananas, and Cannas so far. I have been thinking abt bamboo but im not sure what kind would be best I would rather have a smaller clumping variety. Also what kinds of palms are super hardy ,w/ protection of course. Also if u have any other ideas abt. giving the garden a tropical feal id love to hear what u have to say, Thanks

I couldn't fit everything in here so click the link below and let us know what survives the hot fence PLANTS SENSITIVE TO BLACK WALNUT TOXICITY Annuals and vegetables: asparagus, cabbage, eggplant, flowering tobacco, pepper, petunia, potato, tomato Herbaceous perennials: autumn crocus, baptisia, columbine, lily (Asian hybrids), peony, rhubarb Shrubs: blueberry, red chokeberry, cotoneaster, Amur honeysuckle, hydrangea, lilac, privet, potentilla, rhododendron, yew, and some viburnum shrub species Trees: European alder, white birch, crabapple species, hackberry, larch, linden, saucer magnolia, mugo pine, red pine, white pine, Norway spruce, silver maple, and some viburnum tree species CONTROL Juglone-sensitive landscape plants should be located away from black walnut trees to avoid damage. Raised beds near trees will help minimize toxicity, but care should be taken to keep leaves, twigs, branches, and nuts out of the bed. Black walnut leaves, bark, and wood chips should not be used as landscape mulch or composted on garden plants. The best alternative is to choose plants from the list below.

The boards on that fence look suspiciously like green wood to me, unless they have been protected with something. A fence like that wouldn't last long in western Ks, not with our wind. Also I can't tell if they are wood posts or covered with wood. At least you got the pretty side. I have a new shadow fence on the south side of my yard, 6 ft is our limit, but since every yard on this block drops a foot, it is really 7 feet. The reason for this fence is I'm trying to block out all the soccor balls that find their way into my yard. What a nuisance, last year I lost a lot of my vege plants, and have a broken tree peony, a flying soccor ball can do a lot of damage, and now another pest has invaded. I think every child around me got a drone for Christmas, Of course they don't know how to control them, so I'm constantly having to fish one out of shrubs ect. This is going to be a whole new way to garden along this fence. I've been watching the shadow line for a month now, and trying to figure how much sun I will have, of course it will be ever changing as the season progresses. I'm hoping I can plant daylilys and clematis this spring, I need to break up this 100 foot of new thats staring at me. half of the 100 feet will be in my vege garden. I'm afraid I've built myself a gardening nightmare. Help!

The Hinoki will get wider as well. And not so 'very, very slowly' :-) This is an intermediate form of C. obtusa with an annual growth rate of 6-10" and will eventually become 12' tall and 8' wide. Both the yew and the boxwood could work but these DO grow very slowly so could be years before they achieve what you are looking for. In my area, the euonymus has issues (scale, powdery mildew, random dieback) and therefore tends not to be widely carried any longer. My first choice would be the Japanese holly. It is easily as shade tolerant as the box - probably even more so - has an acceptable growth rate and stays narrow......usually :-) Can get some splaying of exterior branches but those are easily confined or pruned out.