I lost my fence over the spring in that nasty NorEaster'......and I wasn't all that concerned.....but since the little girl next door thinks she has a bigger back yard now....and I don't want to be an a-hole to them......any of you guys ever plant any trees that grow like a hedge row....I've looked some up, but I don't have any experience with them.

Aborvities work well for that. Pretty cheap as far as trees go and they grow pretty fast. Homies has em for 30.00 for a 6'er.

Dig a trench 2' in from your property line and bury a nice deep solid edging.

On the other side plant bamboo :devil2: :hihi:

-spence

Come over to my house and get some of the Japanese Knockwood - that'll stop 'em

Dig a trench 2' in from your property line and bury a nice deep solid edging.

On the other side plant bamboo :devil2: :hihi:

-spence

evil. just plain evil.

Build a Moat, maybe put a few Gators in it, or just get a mean dog.:spin:

Beach Rose/Goosebury
will remind you of the beach.
it is one of THE best people excluder's known, thats why coastal property owners like to plant it!

Put up a fence. Arborvities grow huge and brittle and will snap off in heavy snoe or ice storm. Mine crushed a '62 Chevy. Good thing that the neighbor was a good sport. Bamboo as a fence is dangerous, it spreads by runners and when you mow , you get pungi sticks. Your days of enjoying the backyard barefoot will be over for at least 100 years or until the bamboo blooms and dies. Japanese knotwood is just a pia, it's a spreader and hard to kill. All this from first hand experience, those plants will beat you. Go fence.. Just read RIRockhound's post, good solution, not too much work

will beach rose grow/survive inland ?

but since the little girl next door thinks she has a bigger back yard now....

How about electric :hee:

Ok, seriously...what's the space like? Are you looking for a solid hedge or just something to define the property line? How long is it? How much do you want to invest? Is privacy a concern?

Etc...

-spence

do you want privacy? or just a border?
privacy go with the arbovites, for a border boxwoods or laurals

I have to go down 1 side of my lawn....figure 90'....I'd like to put up something for privacy as well......was thinking about these

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I've never planted anything like this before so....not sure what to expect...

One thing I can tell you about planting trees is DON'T LET THEM DRY OUT. I planted about 20 1 foot arbovitaes and maneged to kill every single one by not watering every day.

Leyland cypress are pretty fast, expensive. Arborvite are a little slower, you can prune to keep at a decent size to avoid snappage, Hemlocks would be my first choice a few years ago but the woolly adelgid bug is killing them off so spraying will get expensive. Got time, norway spruce is the fastest growing of the spruce ,x-mas tree type trees. Very dense growing. That is what I am using but takes a long time. You will need lots of sun too if you are looking for faster growing. You might want to consider closely planted shrubs like the Russian olive. Cheap and common. Heck you can dig them up at vacant lots. Fast growing and pretty dense, like me. Barberry is good , fasynthia and lilacs grow like weeds, viburniums, although they are all deciduous. A lot of choices. Go to a nursery and ask for help. Morse is near you. I like to buy local. Or go to a vacant lot . P.

Why not just replace the fence, no pruning, no watering! Might cost more on the short haul, but in the long run..............and in the meantime if you plant something the little girl next door is going to be running through whatever you plant trying her best to keep her backyard as big as it is.