Know what you mean there. When you said sumac being in the South I naturally
think poison ivy
I did a google for non-poisonous and found a beautiful one called
Red Sumac. Lovely fall color.
http://www.dennisflood.com/photos/po...ridge-6218.jpg
Elaine in Ga
Zone 7b
"readandpostrosie" wrote in message
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sun most of the day.............
NO, i don't hate my neighbors, actually i like them very much.
BUT, i LOVE my privacy.

i will look into the clematis,,,,,,,,,,,,they just seem so slow to grow!






"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"readandpostrosie" wrote in message
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we have a large wooden fence covering up a neighbors house, and i wish
to use plantings to cover the fence.
how does using sumac sound? is it incompatible with other plantings?

Sumac's a very cool plant, from a distance, especially if you have 17
acres and it's at the edge where you don't care that it takes over an
acre of its own. Have you noticed that along highways, it becomes a sumac
forest? :-) I'd avoid it.

How about clematis? There are so many varieties, and it's easy to grow,
***IF*** you do a nice job of preparing the planting holes. I wouldn't
buy from this place because they tend to be overpriced, but go to
www.waysidegardens.com, search for "clematis", and check out the
pictures. You should be able to find a few varieties locally, and someone
here can probably recommend a mail order dealer or three.

How much sun does the area get?