Privacy shrubs / trees in backyard

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by Poggly Woggly

I do not care. I had a border hedge of them in Raleigh. I kept them very tight at about 6ft. high-4ft. wide. They didn't go anywhere. They sell them at Lowe's all day long.

Well, yeah...
But Lowe's sells plenty of lamentable stuff.
English Ivy.
Nandina.
Lowe's stocks cool weather grass seed for spring and summer use, despite those being about the worst times to seed.

Most nurseries cater to popular taste, with little concern about quality, appropriateness, or invasiveness.

[Poggly Woggly]

Originally Posted by stopgo

And they do it quickly!

Yes they do. They were my wife's babies and she pruned often. They were perfectly manicured all the time.

[Poggly Woggly]

Originally Posted by MikeJaquish

Well, yeah...
But Lowe's sells plenty of lamentable stuff.
English Ivy.
Nandina.
Lowe's stocks cool weather grass seed for spring and summer use, despite those being about the worst times to seed.

Most nurseries cater to popular taste, with little concern about quality, appropriateness, or invasiveness.

Yep. People want those things. They stock it and they fly off the shelves. The boss lady just picked up a "Heavenly Bamboo" the other day from Lowe's.

[Wakeforestguy]

Originally Posted by Bpobill

All bamboo is invasive. You need to contain it correctly or else it will escape.

There are several clumping varieties that aren't invasive at all. I have a fargesia robusta in the front yard that has spread all of two feet in eight years. There are many other types that do well in NC.

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