"J Kolenovsky" wrote in message
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Arborvitae is a northern plant. They get leaf thin-out and look
thinned
in the middle and bottom. You probably are looking in some
catalogs and
saw these. If you are, consider some advice. I used to do that.
Ordered
out of those mid and northern catalogs. I have ripped out all of
those
plants purchased during 1992- 1997 becuase they aren't from these
parts,
they aren't native, some got invasive, some got diseases, some
required
a lot of work and some were just plain ugly as they got older.
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Yes. We in the south are often teased by those northern
catalogs only to find that our summers are what does them in.
Even "natives" that grow naturally in your area, if purchased
from a northern nursery, will do more poorly in the south.
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If I could get you to consider native plants (again, I ask this -
you
posted same topic 30 days ago), you will find that you'll have
wildlife
in your yard, no pests or diseases, little fertilizing to do
(using an
organic fertilzer), less maintenance and a higher quality of
life. Ask
Victoria or ask me. We went with natives and people drop in the
street

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A while back I had to search the web for native nurseries for
a client and I seem to recall several from TX; there's bound to
be a nursery that specializes in native plants in or near your
area. That's where you will get plants that will do well.

I might suggest Ilex vomitoria (NOT that non-flowering male
hybrid monstrosity sold by the Home Depots and Lowes "nurseries")
as a good hedge. It is native to TX, I think. I seem to recall
a bonsai grower from central TX who called it a "weed" there.


Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.