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trees for the backyard
I strongly suggest you have your property surveyed by a reputable local plant nursery. They probably won't charge you more than $100 and could even be free if you give them the planting job, which I also strongly recommend... since you don't want to wait half a lifetime for a sapling to become a tree it would behoove you to have more sizable specimens professionally planted... many arid clime evergreens are very slow growing. As angry as you sound you'll probably be very happy with instant eyesore blockage. The nursery may also recommend other appropriate screening besides trees... vines work well on a trellis, especially grape vines. But just planting whatever strikes your fancy without professional intervention will very likely turn out to be a big mistake, a huge waste of time, energy, and money. Without actually seeing your property with my own eyes all the specific advice I could offer would be wild speculation, even photos don't offer real help. Have a professional come to your property. And don't rush headlong into any plan thrust upon you, take some weeks to mull things over, mistakes can be very costly and you may have to live with the wrong trees for a very long time, if you're not already too old, trees just don't grow very rapidly, not even the fastest growers... a newly planted tree typically needs five years to completely recover from transplant shock before it actually shows measurable growth. One specific piece of advice I will offer, make sure that whatever you decide, that it won't grow so it hangs over on your neighbor's side of the property line... if laws are still as they were when I lived in So Cal neighbors can lop off whatever hangs on their side, I can still remember the fig tree wars. Great advice. Thank you! Thoughts of a trellis with a vine for the meantime sounds like a nice plan. I'll see what tree nurseries are around to scope out my yard. |
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