Whats fastest growing hedging for privacy?
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Leylandii - but it DOES need keeping in check as it grows very big and if not trimmed back regularly, the greenery only grows on the end 6 inches or so.
So you could end up with a hedge 3 feet thick with only a little actual greenery which allows people to see through it!
Laurel grows pretty fast.
Planting some larger sized Emerald Green Arborvitae (Thuja Occidentails 'Smaragd' - a type of cedar), letting them root for a year, then topping them off will provide a nice hedge fairly quickly. They can be planted fairly close together if you are in a big rush (less than 2' if necessary).
These are good for zones 3b through 7... not the southern USA climates.
For more info, and a chart regarding privacy tree choices, can be found at:
http://www.nurserytrees.com/arborvitae_w...
http://www.nurserytrees.com/instant%20pr...
Iam in the same situation. We have a Russian Vine (a.k.a Mile a Minute ) that's grows fast . We have a nosy neighbour that every time we are in the garden he is there. He is too fat to even do his own garden!
Bamboo. Grows super fast and tall. It grows by rhizomes and can take over if you don't keep it in check but as long as you make sure it isn't growing into your neighbors yard, it's a great, fast growing privacy screen.
Picture of some beautiful mature bamboo.
http://www.lewisbamboo.com/rubro6.jpg...
Leyland cypress (cupressocyparis leylandii) is the fastest-growing conifer in britian and has good, deep green foliage. Plant (18-24 inches) apart and clip in late summer. Once the required height is obtained it is best to cut the top off.
There is also the Lawson cypress it is a similar hedging plant although it is not such a fast grower.
I would avoid leylandii as they soon become too tall, too thick and easily get out of hand.
What about a hebe hedge? Hebes grow quickly, are evergreen, flower all summer (pink, white or purple) can withstand strong winds and grow quite dense - giving privacy. They are easy to trim to keep them to the required height as they have no nasty thorns, the butterflies like the flowers and they are not too expensive to buy.
I planted a row of 12ins high hebes about 2 feet apart, 4 years ago. I now have an attractive, dense hedge which I keep trimmed to 6 feet high, covered in pink flowers and it shields us from the wind blowing across the fields beyond the garden.
The fastest growing hedge is the type made with cedar boards that are nailed together.
i think laurel and bamboo are good bets. if you don't want the bamboo getting out of control, there are some less invasive varieties you can choose from among the 'multiplex' species, but remember that bamboo doesn't like much wind. whatever you do, don't plant brush cherry (once a very popular choice), as it always gets diseased and ugly. you may also choose from rockrose, ceanothus, bird of paradise (caesalpina), forsythia, wieigela, dwarf coyote bush, geralton waxflower, lemon bottlebrush, flowering maple, canary bird bush.
Arborvitae is common here in the south, as well as Viburnum and ligustrum. I saw that someone suggested Bamboo but you really shouldn't plant Bamboo because most varieties are invasive and impossible to eradicate once you plant them.
Leylandii but beware they take a lot of managing.
leland cypress is fast for an evergreen
a good leylandi they grow about a foot (12in) a year in five years assuming you put in 12inch plants you will have a 6 foot sceen
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