Privacy fence

[harvey lee]

Looking for a few ideas. I need to plant a row of something approx 30-40 feet long and will grow about 5-6 ft tall. Should be a little faster for growth and be a nice wall of growth. Nothing messy with alot of clean up but thick enough that its hard to see through.

Lets hear what you have all used.

[fisherking01]

I just picked up and moved to the country! no fence needed. If'n the neighbors are watching me with their spotting scopes guess that's their problem!! As for hedges there are better answers than I have. Good luck with that!! Got your no roll sinkers ready? only 1 month to go!

[Powerstroke]

Harvey, are you looking for something that will provide year round screening or do would you be fine with a screen during the warm season only?

There are lots of things that will only have leaves during the growing season, and there are a few evergreens that will provide protection year round, but they are usually slower growing and tend to require more maintenance.

Another new idea that I just learned about a fast growing grass that reaches 10ft tall!! Its great, all you do for maintenance is cut it down in the fall and it grows back in the spring. If you want you can cut it down in late winter and that way you can keep the screen as long as it stand sup to the snow.

[fisherking01]

powerstroke, what kind of grass is it?? I'd love to put in some around my windbreak bushes-trees. Is it something that can be burned in the spring?? That would be awesome.

[harvey lee]

Andy, looking for something that would be green in the summer and no leaves in the winter. I would like it ti be 5-6ft tall in 46 years if possible.

Whats are your thoughts?

[Powerstroke]

Dogwoods and lilacs are my first thought. They are extrememly hardy, grow thick and tall and require little maintenance. A red twig dogwood is also nice because the branches stay red year round so it provides some nice color in the winter. Lilacs will be larger and bushier. You will get flowers too. Dogwoods will grow faster than the lilacs if you'd like coverage in say 1-3 yrs.

fisherking, I'll look up the name of that grass. We heard about in a class at the Arboreatum this weekend.

[klecker]

Cardinal Dogwood. Fast growing good plant. Dogwoods are easy to mantain, Every few years go in and prune out the thicker branches (cut off at the base) them shape with a hedge sheers.

[slotlimit]

Hey Harvey,

Check with your local Soil and Water Conservation Dept. I just planted 1 row of lilac, 1 row of dog wood, 7 rows of evergreens at an upfront cost of $300.00 for around 200 trees. Then with the program I signed up on I got 2/3 of the money back. I believe the cost of the lilac and dog wood...scratch that the wife said they were crab apple trees at an upfront cost of $1.10 per bush/tree so 2/3 of that is around $.35 a bush/tree. The evergreen trees were $1.30/$.43 per tree. These prices were just off the top of my head but the prices are close.

[harvey lee]

I plan on doing that if its not to late already.

[fishinchicks]

I would echo contacting the Soil and Water office. Some counties even have their own matting machine, and will help you plant and mat at the same time. It is worth checking into. They also should have someone on staff that could make some recommendations on what species would work best for you.

[slotlimit]

The county I was in had their own planting machine I just had to supply the tactor.