Mike:

Try Holly - Ilex opaca. If you have adequate sunlight and room try pitch or
shortleaf pine...heck, these are what they cut down to build the development
most likely.

Forget about Thuja anything, the deer will hammer them. Leyland cypress are
difficult to establish in our sandier soils without extensive hand holding.
And they are expensive.

Call Pinelands Nursery on Route 206 in Columbus NJ (609) 291-9486. They have
good selection of native species there, although often only in smaller
sizes. Tell them I referred you...they may remember me as I used to do a lot
of business with them years ago.

Go to my site and get my # if you have further questions

Regards:

--
Mike LaMana, MS
Heartwood Consulting Services, LLC
Toms River, NJ
www.HeartwoodConsulting.net



Mike wrote in message ...
Oh..sorry. I live in South Jersey. Not sure what I'm supposed to say
about the soil (never had a yard before so I'm a little uneducated in
that field). It's a suburban development...brand new...used to be a
forest but they didn't leave behind many trees when they built it. I
live basically in the middle of a cul-de-sac...the house behind me is
also on a cul-de-sac.

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:10:20 -0500, "Mike LaMana"
wrote:

More details please...where are you? Soil?? What's around you? Weather?