GardenBanter.co.uk - View Single Post - USDA Zone 9 partial screening trees/shrubs

06-03-2006, 03:26 AM posted to rec.gardens

wrote:

Hi All,

I have a question which I am sure has been asked many times before
about screening plants (for zone 9). I have a picket fence approx. 4ft
(1.2m) high and 15ft (4.5m) in length which I would like to plant in
front of. I am not looking for a complete privacy screening hedge nor
something that is super tall.

Ideally I am looking for a medium coverage, approx. 10ft (3m) tall.

Suggestions so far have been pittosporums, bamboo or conifers, none of
which I am really interested in.

Any thoughts? I have tossed up ideas about weeping trees of some sort
like a weeping cherry that would grow higher than the pickets then
cascade over slightly.

Thanks Heaps

I live in USDA zone 9b myself and I don't know of anything other than
some hedges that will grow like you want them to. How about covering
your fence with erect blackberries and get some fruit and a good screen.
Don't know if they will reach ten feet though.

George