Greetings from Missouri
Submitted by BotanicallyIgnorant on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 11:43
Hello everyone,
My name is Nate, I am currently living in Missouri, right between st. louis and KC. I am active duty military and I am married I also have a 4 year old son, Aiden. I could really use some advice/guidence.
I just bought a house about 6 months ago, and i'm not loving the yard too much. What I would like to do first is create some privacy. My yard currently has a chain-linked fence, but what I want is to plant some bushes of some sort in order to create a wall...about 6ft tall would be nice. Also, something that I can trim up really nice to give off a clean appearance. Sort of like those bushes used for those mazes...oh, and I would love for them to stay full/thick/green all year if possible.
Any help would be grealy appreciated.
Thank you all for your time and effort in advance,
Nate
Nate, Its great to meet
Nate,
Its great to meet one of our servicemen and have the opportunity to personally thank you for your service and courage for our country....
A honeysuckle vine may help cover your fence. They grow very fast and thick, low maintenance, and best of all- they attract hummingbirds!!!
If you want something year-round, a Purple Leaf Plum Hedge may be what you're looking for... they grow fairly quick and have beautiful foliage all year. Grows to 8' tall, red leaves in spring with white flowers, foliage turns purple in Autumn, produces purple cherries (I believe these are edible for humans also). Burgess and Kellys sells them for 3/$4.95
Hope this helps..
Chellflower ~ zone 8
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Welcome from Ohio
Welcome Nate from Missouri.
I agree withe Lavender2 in thanking & honoring you for your service. GOD BLESS YOU.
Hope you find the answers to all your gardening & landscaping questions here w/us & have fun while you do!
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Thank you all for your warm
Welcome! I honor
Welcome! I honor you and thank you for your service, Nate. Bless you!
Congrats on your new home! I'm not much help in the tree and shrub department, but hang around a bit... there are many great folks here to meet and offer suggestions and advice. You might want to also post your questions in the 'trees and shrubs' forum. Good luck .. and thanks for joining!
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Hi and Wlcome from
Hi and Wlcome from Oregon...Jump in and enjoy ...look forward to getting to know you.....and seeing you around the forum..
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to a great palce Nate. Happy that you joined us.
I live in Texas but I have some Crepe Myrtles in my back all along my fence. They are fast growing and very pretty when in bloom. They might be something you can try and add other vines in between.
Grannyrose - Zone 9 - Houston,TX
Nate
If you can spell
If you can spell botanically correct your alwright by ne Nate
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Welcome to the site Nate! I
Welcome to the site Nate! I am a former Iowan (neighbor to the north of you,) and am married to a retired career Army man. We moved back here to Texas to be closer to a military installation so we could enjoy those perks. The warmer weather was the best part of the deal. Wes is right! We applaud people who spell correctly.
I'm not sure how to advise you regarding that fence. I'm not sure you'd want to plant anything up flush against it, except maybe some pretty flowering vines. That might be the thing to do, because in your climate, most of those vines would be annuals. If you get some fast growers like morning glories, or even some of the vines that attract hummingbirds, you could probably cover that fence pretty easily. That would allow you to think up some sort of plan as to how you could provide yourself with more privacy.
The other thing to consider is how likely is it that you're going to be staying where you are for a while? I don't know about you, but I HATE to put in hours of effort month after month and year after year if I know that I'm going to be leaving some place soon. When we left Iowa, I had to leave behind plantings I had tended for 20 years. It broke my heart, but a dear friend and I dug them all up and she took them and replanted them at her house. She planned to be there a while.
I might be inclined to look for some flowering smaller tree -- unless you're looking for something that would stay green pretty much all year. The only thing I can think of that would do that where you are is ever green stuff. You could plant holly bushes, boxwood, cotoneaster, any number of things. I hope I gave you some ideas.
Again, welcome to the site! I hope you'll pop by often!
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