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Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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jmcnyc 7 (
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Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 21:35
| I have a circular driveway in front of the house. The house is open to the street and I want to create some privacy but not totally block the view of the house. I am looking for some evergreens to plant in front. Sort of a mini forest. A natural setting. I want to screen the house but not block. I am looking for an evergreen that grows tall, is fast growing, does not spread to wide, and is spindly so you can see through it Any advice? |
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RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 18, 11 at 1:08
RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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| yes.. my advise.. a picture ... ken |
RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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Here is a link to a photo of the house. I am in central NJ.
I took a panoramic so you get the full view. If it is difficult to see I can post a regular pic. |
Here is a link that might be useful: House Pic
RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 18, 11 at 13:50
| Yep: a great spot for a hardy clumping bamboo. Arching habit and Asian origin would be quite compatible with weeping laceleaf Japanese maple shown. |
RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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- Posted by whaas 5a SE WI (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 18, 11 at 16:41
| Perhaps an intermediate sized (or smaller if desired) Pinus parvaflora would look great. They have a more open habit as they mature and would compliment the Pinus strobus to the left. Would give a subtle blue hue to set-off your JM. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Evergreen bamboo for zone 5/6
RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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- Posted by hortster 6A southcentral KS (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 18, 11 at 18:58
Let's get jmcnyc another option. How about a colonade of columnar evergreens at (about) an even spacing maybe about 10' apart (guessing about 4 needed); set back about 10' and following the line of the street curb?
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RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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| Thanks for all the advice. I want to avoid bamboo. And the Japanese maple is being moved so the space will be empty. Take a look at the link below. This is a tree on the side of the property. I like the shape and the fact that you can see through it. This is more the look I am going for. Someone mentioned black pine. I want something that grows fast and does not get more than a 15 ft or so diameter. So tall and slender. Any input? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Link to sample tree I like.
RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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- Posted by whaas 5a SE WI (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 18, 11 at 19:54
| Looks like you just figured it out then...you need a columnar Pine. If that is the case someone will be able to suggest various cultivars. I'd say Hemlock of some sort but I think folks are trying to avoid them out east. |
RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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- Posted by hortster 6A southcentral KS (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 18, 11 at 20:09
Design is, admittedly, quite subjective, but my logic in suggesting columnar evergreens relating to the curb is this: right now there is no transition between the hard, formal curve of the curb line and an informal yard. If it was my yard, I would form a green relationship, the formal colonnade of evergreens, to the curb. On the outside edge of the circular drive I would remove the somewhat hodgepodge plantings that are there and redo them with an untrimmed, flowing and truly informal, naturalized planting incorporating the Japanese maple, shrubs, and other small ornamental trees. Right now it has no continuity.
hortster |
RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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Am using Eastern Red Cedar to outline my yard from the highway 200 yds away. They are becoming green cones spaced out at 30' apart. Chose ERC because they are adapted to this area and need little care and I liked the way they look, both when young and as they age. Each one of them has been hand-dug and transplanted from the old family home-place in north La. There are some varieties of ERC that are distinctly columar.
Further north as your location is should open up a variety of conifers that would be suitable for what you have mentioned. |
RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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- Posted by whaas 5a SE WI (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 19, 11 at 11:24
| Juniperus virginiana is fairly dense around here. |
RE: Advice for evergreens in circular driveway
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| whaas posted the link at the link below .. in the conifer forum ... most likely.. you should peruse a couple pages of the CONIFER FORUM .... though they are trees ... they are what you are looking for ... i THINK ... your sideways tree is pinus strobus .... ITS A FOREST TREE ... totally inappropriate to your site .... look at the space between each branch.. and understand it grows 2 to 4 feet per year.. and the only reason the one you show is thin.. is because it is in too much shade ... ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
RE:pinus strobus forest
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| you need to look for named varieties .. of dwarf or intermediate growth rate.... no matter which pine it is .. its a species.. and has a HUGE POTENTIAL ... ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
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