Return to the Metro NY Gardening Forum
| Post a Follow-Up
really tall privacy screen
| | |
Posted by lytsi (My Page) on Sun, Jun 10, 07 at 22:27
Hi,
We just moved into a great home with lots of potential on Long Island (central Suffolk Co), and are looking for ideas for privacy screens. The home behind ours is one of those new McMansions--it is literally twice the size of ours, and is a real eyesore. What can we plant that will:
a) grow fairly quickly
b) grow really tall
c) act as a privacy screen year-round.
We are thinking of bamboo, but have been warned against it. We love the wild and natural look of bamboo--conifer privacy screens sometimes look too manicured and rigid. Any thoughts or suggestions (including tips on places to buy trees/plants) would be greatly appreciated. |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: really tall privacy screen
| | |
If you REALLY want bamboo, get it. Just plant it in the ground with out taking it out of it's nursery container. Or better yet buy a container 1 or 2 sizes bigger, put the bamboo in that and put that in the ground.
It's true. If you put bamboo directly into the ground it will soon be everywhere. |
RE: really tall privacy screen
| | |
RE: really tall privacy screen
| | |
- Posted by rbhare Westchester, NY (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 1, 07 at 17:57
| We had the same problem, and have found (for 8 years) that you can weed-whack bamboo shoots as they rise and it will stay contained to the area you choose. |
|
|
|
|
