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Old 06-03-2006, 11:13 AM posted to aus.gardens
meee
 
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Default Partial screening shrub/tree


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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


weeping things have become quite de rigeur in my suburb (i'm in canberra -
unfortunately ;-) and they really are just beautiful imo. the only problem
is winter - they do look odd when they have no leaves. or perhaps that's
just me. at any rate, they're not leafless long anyway i suppose.
kylie

It's true you would lose the privacy value for a few months over winter, but
the spring display of a flowering cherry is well worth it! Or you could go
evergreen, like the native ti tree I mentioned. But IMO, flowers are an
added bonus, so I'd go the cherry, or a weeping rose standard. You can get
any colour now, including icebergs, which are lovely, and also the newer
burgundy iceberg makes a lovely display. You can also co-ordinate this with
a matching or contrasting climber over the fence if you want to go all out
on the roses!! I'd match a burgundy iceberg standard, with a weeping cherry
and jasmine on the fence for a lovely, almost-all-year round display of pink
and white fragrance