On 1/10/2009 4:30 PM, Dan Listermann wrote:
What considerations are there to using decorative grass as a privacy fence?
We are looking at a bit of property that gets flooded annually. A normal
privacy fence would probably be damaged during the flood. I figure that a
line of this very tall dense grass, while damaged, could just grow back
every year.



By the way, you should also consider some narrow trees such as Italian
cypress or Lombardy poplar. These have columnar growth patterns rather
than branching out. Plant them with some space between them so they
don't batter each other during a wind.

The poplar can create problems with invasive roots and might sucker. It
also goes dormant in the winter.

The cypress is evergreen.

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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
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