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Old 11-04-2019, 01:41 AM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Default planting something to hid gap in Norway spruce

On 4/10/2019 8:46 AM, wrote:
On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 7:10:46 PM UTC-4, Frank wrote:
On 4/9/2019 3:39 PM,
wrote:
On Monday, April 8, 2019 at 6:57:18 PM UTC-4, Frank wrote:
On 4/8/2019 4:11 PM, Frank wrote:
A new neighbor had accidentally removed a shrub of mine near my large
Norway spruce.Â* Since bottom branches of spruce are broken off in that
area a large gap appears.Â* Wonder what to plant to fill the gap?

Thought I should post a pictu

https://imgur.com/a/BjdcnKu

It is actually a Colorado blue spruce largely denuded but Norway spruce
is next to it and that is the gap I am concerned about. It is unsightly
from the road.

I do not know what is is that neighbor planted but do not know if that
is what I want or what it will look like in a couple of years. That is
his house and drive on the right and as shown, trees are close to the
development cul-de-sac road.

Lesson for home owners is to be careful what you plant because this can
happen after 40 years.

Where is the property line? That bunch of about 10 things is what he planted?
They look like arborvitaes. He's a moron, IDK what the point to planting
them like that, in like 3 rows made into a bunch is. Planting them so they
are along the driveway and road would make sense. The area in between
that and your tree, you could plant a larger arborvitae, they grow pretty fast.
Deer a problem? They eat them, they have some varities that are said to be
deer resistant. If there are deer, that's a major issue in your selection.
They even eat hollies, but those less than arborvitaes. Whatever he's planted,
he's probably dumb so he won't water them and they will die anyway.


Property line is 5-10 ft from his driveway. Bush he cut back was on my
property. It was overgrown but I kept it cut back to the road. The
former neighbor who died never cut anything and new neighbor wanted a
bit more window turning out of his drive. About half what he planted is
on my property but he can take care of it. I did not blame him for the
mess as he did not know where the line was and it was a lawn crew that
botched it up.


A good neighbor would ask if they aren't sure. I might even ask
if what I was doing was close to the line, affected the neighbor, etc.



Now I just want it to look neater. I never see the area
as the cul-de-sac is past his house.

Deer are a big problem. Think I will look for arborvitae that grow 8-10 ft.


Make sure to look for the deer resistant variety. They leave them alone
in warm weather, but go to work on them in the winter. Usually it's not
enough to kill them, just set them back. Or ask the neighbor to move
a couple of the ones he planted and wait for them to grow. Fertilizer
will help. I said the way he planted them is stupid because it's just
a bunch, the middle ones would seem to be a waste to me. He could have
planted them so that it filled the hole, instead he wasted them.






Tempted to cut the big trees down but they do protect the house. Bush he
cut down, I called the Sloman shield. A neighbor, Sloman, up the street
parked and car slipped out of gear or something and would have crashed
into my living room if not for the bush.


Yes, they can help. Here in NJ, I don't understand the state highway
dept. There was miles of a state highway that had a huge median, maybe
150 ft wide, that had trees, shrubs, etc, just natural growth that was
left alone for years. They just spent a lot of money cutting it all
down and removing
it. Now if a driver falls asleep, is drunk, etc, instead of going off
the road into that, he can just go right on across to traffic in the
other direction. There are no guard rails. And it's not like most of
those trees were two or three feet in diameter, most were much smaller,
good to stop a car, but not so likely to be fatal. And it looks like
hell now too and some yahoo with high beams on can blind you.
Really dumb, IMO.

Deer only eat evergreens when they are starving and if that is all they
eat they can starve to death with a full stomach.

Chances of somebody driving into my house are very slim but it almost
happened once and the bush saved us.