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I have about 175 FT of fence line to cover with Wax Myrtles. I am planning to use the 65 GAL Wax Myrtles and here I have 2 questions:
1. Based on previous reading the spacing between the trees should be around 10FT, I plan to stay in this house for long time and I don't want the trees to look like crap after 5 years
2. What distance from the fence I should plant those 65 GAL Wax Myrtles? 3 or 4 FT? The closer with the fence the better for me so I can build smaller garden beds, but I don't want to screw up
I would suggest at least 6 feet out from the fence, those trees will get big, up to 20 ft, and you don't want a neighborly problem or a shaping problem.
^^^ yes. I would plant 6-8 ft out from the fence, but that also depends how you want to prune them.
According to this: Wax Myrtle (http://supersodtrees.com/wax-myrtle-myrica/wax-myrtle-5 - broken link) a mature plant is 16 ft wide
Trees? Are wax myrtles considered trees?
Wax myrtles are shrubs.
65 GALLON wax myrtles?? Most plants of this considerable size are balled and burlapped behemoths, not common garden plantings. Perhaps you mis-stated the container size of your shrubbery?
Wax myrtles are....ok. They're green. They take to shearing well enough. They're relatively easy to keep under control for hedging.
10 foot spacing would seem sparse for wax myrtles, a distance of 5 feet per bush is more space than I would give wax myrtles to grow over a 10 year period of time. Wax myrtles are considered a 'native' here in Seattle--they require no care, live off of natural rainfall which is prodigious, but still are not exactly lush. Not my favorite bush.
I think you should not consider them to be trees (we do not know where you live). I think you should plant them closer than 10 feet apart. I think you do not have 65 gallon plantings.
I think you could give us more [accurate] information.
I have about 175 FT of fence line to cover with Wax Myrtles. I am planning to use the 65 GAL Wax Myrtles and here I have 2 questions:
1. Based on previous reading the spacing between the trees should be around 10FT, I plan to stay in this house for long time and I don't want the trees to look like crap after 5 years
2. What distance from the fence I should plant those 65 GAL Wax Myrtles? 3 or 4 FT? The closer with the fence the better for me so I can build smaller garden beds, but I don't want to screw up
Thanks much
Ethan
I think Nitram was on target. I checked to see what the conditions are in Houston in case there was something about the Southern Wax Myrtle I didn't know for the area. I've only seen a couple so far but understand they are an up and coming thing here in the south as a native shrub.
Depending on the variety (some are dwarfs) the common number given is about 6-10 feet spacing. Keeping them that distance from each other as well as the fence line should work well.
Thanks for the prompt reply. Indeed they're not trees, they're very large shrubs, almost 9 Ft tall by 7 Ft wide. They're indeed in 65 Gal containers and they're the biggest /mature in that location where I am buying them.
I am from Houston ,trying to create a privacy screen along the fences in my backyard, and I apologize for not providing enough informations upfront.
So I decided to leave 11 FT between the trees. I am planning to put some shrubs between trees, such as waxleaf ligustrum and variegated pittosporum shrubs. Most likely I will get some 3 or 5 gal shrubs, and my questions will be how many shrubs should I put between the trees, again on 11 FT lenght? 3 or maybe 4 shrubs? I want to have a good even look, not too crowded, not to much space left.
Thanks
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