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| Hello all,
I have been getting conflicting information, so I am hoping someone out there can help. I have a 6 foot high privacy fence. I bought some Emerald Green trees that get 4 feet wide by 15 feet (per the tag). My question is how far should I plant the tree from the fence? I planted them 24". However, I think I should move them out more(30") as someone told me that when the trees get bigger, they will rub against the fence and brown. Also, if I want to power wash the fence, it would help if the trees are not rubbing against the fence. Thanks to anyone who can help! Have a great day. |
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| Leave enough room to be able to get at the fence comfortably since it sounds like you will have to retain access to it. It would be preferable if you could use the fence alone for the backdrop and plant informal groupings of assorted plants in front, instead of having two rows of screening. Except where I fence is not doing the job a screening hedge in front of a fence is rather redundant. |
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| Bellily, How many of these arbs did you plant? How are they positoned among your other landscape items that are situated along the fenceline? Does the fence give them morning or afternoon shade? I only asked those questions, because you did not indicate that you planted them to screen your fence. If so then you must have planted quite a few of them. My most concern with Emerald Green Arbs is that they are not resistant to bagworms, and if they become stressed from too much afternoon heat the bagworms will come. You really would want access to the back of those shrubs to monitor for and removal of the bagworms which numerous ones at a time can start out in a tiny size that can be pretty unnoticable for a time. That is until they have done major damage to the shrub. By that time even if you discover and can remove them, could still be too late to save the shrub. |
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