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Old 07-30-2013, 08:30 AM
 
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hah yeah I definitely would not plant bamboo directly into the ground. If it could be grown in containers though it might work as a quick screen!
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Old 07-30-2013, 08:42 AM
 
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I'm not sure how much space you are working with, but if possible I would try to plant a mixture of evergreen type plants. All too often using the "soldiers in a row" approach with one sort of plant invites diseases to simply spread from one plant to the next when they are all the same and susceptible to the same disease.

I'm not a fan of leyland cypress unless you are talking about a large acreage property. Those plants can get very WIDE. It will take a few years, but I love my tea olive plants.
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Old 07-30-2013, 08:49 AM
 
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I agree if I go the bush route I'll be planting a couple different kinds. Unfortunately it's not a ton of space so something that is tall and thin will probably work better than something that gets big and fat.
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Old 07-30-2013, 08:54 AM
 
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I'm not sure how much space you are working with, but if possible I would try to plant a mixture of evergreen type plants. All too often using the "soldiers in a row" approach with one sort of plant invites diseases to simply spread from one plant to the next when they are all the same and susceptible to the same disease.

I'm not a fan of leyland cypress unless you are talking about a large acreage property. Those plants can get very WIDE. It will take a few years, but I love my tea olive plants.
I'm planning a tea olive screen. We already have a couple in large pots, ready to be planted once they're a little larger. We figure we should only need about 3. No hurry. Our neighbors are cool. We just love tea olives.

We will be planting Arborvitae along the back of our property, though. We would like a year-roud screen that'll reach the 2nd floor windows, height-wise.
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Old 07-30-2013, 09:03 AM
 
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I agree if I go the bush route I'll be planting a couple different kinds. Unfortunately it's not a ton of space so something that is tall and thin will probably work better than something that gets big and fat.
Thin, tall, evergreen gets tricky.

Have you thought about a wood fence with an evergreen climber/vine? This way you get instant blockage of your neighbors and it gets prettier as the vines grow. Certainly meets the "thin" requirement too.

Sample climber:

Vines: Kadsura japonica

Frank
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Old 07-30-2013, 09:03 AM
 
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We did Leyland Cyprus to block our annoying neighbors. Worked like a charm. They grow FAST and they are evergreen. I have heard they are prone to disease but we've not had a problem in the 8 years we've had them. They're probably 15 feet now.
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Old 07-30-2013, 09:29 AM
 
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Great advise regarding both Tea Olive and Chindo Viburnum.
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Old 07-30-2013, 10:05 AM
 
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I was going to recommend Elaeagnus, too. I planted some along our property line (well inside it since it gets wide) but it grows quickly, is evergreen and tolerates shade. We actually have it planted in the woodline between the houses. I plan to get more and allow them to grow into thick hedges in both side yards. I bought ours at Adcock's nursery in Fuquay. I know Campbell Rd Nursery had some, but I imagine most do carry it.

Ebbengei Elaeagnus Shrub, CHOATE USA
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Old 07-30-2013, 10:17 AM
 
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We love our cryptomeria. They took off the last few years and have more than doubled in size since we planted them four years ago at 6ft tall. Trees: Cryptomeria japonica I would be careful of leylands. I believe they die quite easily and then you will have a big hole in the hedge and will have a hard time buying another that can catch up to the rest of the hedge.

We have tea olives and nelly stevens hollies around our deck. They grow much slower than cryptomeria.

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Old 07-30-2013, 10:38 AM
 
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I was going to recommend Elaeagnus, too.
I planted some Elaeagnus in our yard in north Raleigh on the recommendation of a landscape designer and I absolutely HATED it. It grew uncontrollably and required constant heavy pruning. I do not want plants that create that much yard work.
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