What few conifers we ever stupidly planted and then removed we replaced with
2 different species of Bamboos
they are now 8 ft tall in 3 years and look lovely
Pyracantha looks good too and grows fast as does Escallonia
All above are evergreen
Dont know about Hemp will have to look it up


"Essjay001" wrote in message
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chaz wrote:
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the soil is free draining , dry and in a shady spot,
The top growth probably keeps the sun out while the roots suck the soil
dry

Cutting them down is a good move. As to replacements, from my own
experiance
I have a really nice cottoneastor (sp?) covering a fence, but it needs to
be
kept under control.

Steve R

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