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Sheldon wrote:

On Mar 15, 9:42?pm, wrote:
Hello,

My backyard is partially facing the street and partially facing the
neighbor who has their deck out almost to the property line. ?Because
our lots are small, whenever I go to my backyard I would be in their
face and vice versa, no privacy at all! ?I'm looking for evergreen
shrubs that will grow to 8 feet to act as a hedge so I don't have to
see my neighbor or the street. ?I would prefer something that will
reach matured height in 3 years because I can't afford buying big
shrubs or building a fence. ?I'm looking for cheaper alternatives.
Your help is greatly appreciated. ?I'm in zone 6.

How much space do you have for plantings, and what's the sunlight
like... there's not much in the way of evergreens that will grow
rapidly in a narrow space, and none will grow as quickly as you want.
Since you live in a cold clime you or your neighbors likely won't be
outdoors much during winter anyway, so you might be better off growing
grapevines, they grow fast, are inexpensive, and give wonderful
privacy... as a bonus you get to eat the grapes, and the leaves,
stuffed grape leaves are yummy. Two grape vines will easily give
absolute total privacy along 30 feet, and 8 foot high is nothing to
achieve for grapes, and this in 2-3 years... you'll actually have very
good privacy the first year, once they bud out in early spring you'll
have a full wall of green within three weeks. The growing takes care
of itself, you'll have to learn how to prune grapes lest you have a
lot more green wall than you want.... not very difficult.

Privacy from April to November.

Makes a very attractive privacy screen:
http://i28.tinypic.com/2dgs6mr.jpg
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