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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43152
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-24-2005 03:26 PM
   
Any tree enthusiasts out there?My next door neighbors are becoming the Beverly Hillbillies, and I've been thinking of putting up some fast growing greenery on our property line to make them go away, at least visually. I've had good luck in the past with cedar trees up here, they seem to grow fast and easy. Does this sound like a good choice, or are there any faster greenscreens I can consider? I need to plant about a hundred foot border, it will get mostly full sun, and they will sit between two septic leech fields, so I don't think water will be a problem. I'm thinking of Eastern Red Cedar, like this: http://www.naturehills.com/new/product/productdetails.aspx?proname=Eastern+Red+Cedar ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
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mach1mike
Journeyman Posts: 55
From: newquay, cornwall UK
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 02-24-2005 03:39 PM
looks alot the Lelandi trees we get over here, they grow real fast & tall & have caused many a fight between neigbours over the amount of light they cut out. Seem to recall we have a new law controling the height of trees & shrubs on property boarders.
Fine looking trees though Steve 
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43152
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-24-2005 03:51 PM
They would have some poetic irony, too. I had planted some cedars in front of that house many years ago, and they grew to be nice and big until these folks hacked them down a bit. Giving them 25 or so to stare at would have a bit of 'Friday the 13th, Arbor Day' type tinge to it...------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 22320
From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-24-2005 04:31 PM
Steve what yoru looking for a more of a hedge your in Zone 5 I think these should work also.http://springhillnursery.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_66517 The Leyland Cypress is great except for the shallow root system,we lost the only two we had in Isabell,they were about 6 years old and stood over 30 feet.
You really wan to pissed them of get some Pampas Grass and I would gladly send you my 7 bushes if I could..ya cant kill the damn things
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 02-24-2005 04:42 PM
I wouldn't want anything that needed to be trimmed, like a hedge. That's a great price, though.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
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mustangs68
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From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
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posted 02-24-2005 04:45 PM
Let them grow wild
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43152
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-24-2005 04:48 PM
My neighbors or the shrubs?  ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 22320
From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
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posted 02-24-2005 05:41 PM
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ccode67
Gearhead Posts: 2659
From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 02-25-2005 07:50 AM
Leyland cypress are neat looking as a fence. They grow pretty fast too.
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indyphil
Gearhead Posts: 2398
From: Senoia, G.A. USA
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 02-25-2005 08:44 AM
I agree on the Leylandi trees my parents had some in their house. They grow quick, I plan on using some at the back of my property. I like to keep them trimmed to about 10 feet it makes a nice hedgerow in just a few years.------------------
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43152
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-25-2005 02:46 PM
Would the Leylandi trees survive -40? I have to keep that in mind. Cyprus is a warmer climate tree, I think. You don't see them up here.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
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mustangs68
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From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-25-2005 04:54 PM
Steve they are listed for around zero degs F.
Whatever you buy take a look at this site for pricing..looks really good.I may order from them
http://www.nhnursery.com/
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43152
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-25-2005 05:00 PM
Wow, those are good prices!  I can get 25 white cedars for $25.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
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