Hello everyone, I need help! We bought a house on a bussy street and need sound barrier as well as visual block. Don't like the idea of shaping trees I like them to be placed were they fit. But I would like a hedge that is no taller than 15',takes full sun, poor soil ( wet in one area) and is evergreen! Please help!!
Eylie... where do you live? We need to know what area of the world, what garden zone if you know it and how much sun the area gets a day. I can tell you one right this minute for a warm zone...but it'll do ya no good if you live in Michigan or somewhere else cooler than SoCal!
Let us know and we can definitely give ya several options...oh and welcome to the boards!
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Posts: 13321 | Location: San Diego zone 10a | Registered: May 20, 2003
Eylie, any hedge material can also depend on whether you are prepared to do maintenance--i.e. doing annual clipping to keep in shape.
In zone 5 Indiana, you cant go wrong in putting down White Cedar (arborvitae). You'd buy it at 4 - 5 foot heights, planted in a staggered way, the cedar will fill in nicely and give a compact, full hedge that, depending on your keeping it at your selected height...5 - 6 feet in 2 - 3 years, 10 feet in 5 - 6 years and by this time, your hedge will put on a foot or more per year. White cedar takes full sun, and does well in wet conditions.
Individual white cedars can probably be purchased as reasonable as most any other hedge material.
Another nice hedge can be made with Emerald Cedars....a bit pricey in the 5 - 6 foot height...(approx.$75.00) depending too on how many you are prepared to buy...the cost per goes down with added numbers. Emeralds don't expand sideways too well...up in height yes...the sky's the limit...but not in side growth. So you would have to buy more to fill in less.
Other evergreens might be considered: Pencil point common juniper skyrocket junipers English Oak
Posts: 319 | Location: Ontario | Registered: Oct 25, 2006
You could try a dwarf holly. They only get about 6-8 feet tall. I don't know about zone 5 to much. Another idea would be to get a plant catalog and see the options they have for your zone.
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Posts: 927 | Location: South Carolina | Registered: Aug 27, 2006
thank you for your response. I am looking into the inkberry holly because it is less pokey. but they all do very well in this area. I have yet to find out about the moisture problem and how it will do in that small area.
