Re: [gardeners] The Spite Fence
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 05 Feb 1998 19:42:59
At 12:18 PM 2/6/98 +1100, you wrote:
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>On Thu, 5 Feb 1998 drusus@golden.net wrote:
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>> you wrote:
>> G'day, I'm in the process of screening out new neighbours.
>> I'd like to collect some ideas for a fast growing,evergreen shrub
>> or tree, thats not going to grow into a monster. maybe to 4-5 metres.
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>> Any ideas appreciated.
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>> John
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>> Good Heavens, John, they must be a rotten bunch...only 4-5*meters* you say?
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>> Privet and Cedar are standards for your purpose here; down there why don't
>> you try thorny mimosa? prickly pear? quince? pyracantha?
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>> Lucinda
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> Yep, nosey old widows and divorcees. :) Should try my luck eh?
>Just have to jump the fence.
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> privet is a noxious here, not allowed to grow it, well not on
>purpose anyway. A neat row would be a giveaway. Most natives are too slow
>and sparse. Prickly Pear too short. Cedar too slow. Pyracantha is a
>possibility. I may have to think about lashing out on some good sized
>conifers. Bloody expensive here though, but excellent screens.
>
>John
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How about giant timber bamboo? Anne is having to restrain me from buying
some. Just don't know where I would plant it. Gets 4 to 6 inches in
diameter and sometimes to 10 meters.
George