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Some time ago I posted about rules regardng privatising my back yard by taking down the existing chain link (hurricane) fencing and putting up a wooden privacy fence. Since then, I have checked the cost of doing just that, and find the cost to be excessive! So my wife suggested planting a fast growng vine or something that would cling to the existing fence and 'privatise' it by summer. Now, I'm no horticulturist, and know bupkiss about plants. Any suggestions from the groupas to what would be the best plant to use to get a privacy fence out of? Remember, I need something that will grow quickly, and not cost too much or be too high maintenance. Thoughts? BTW, I live in Texas if that makes a difference as to climate etc.
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Some time ago I posted about rules regardng privatising my back yard by taking down the existing chain link (hurricane) fencing and putting up a wooden privacy fence. Since then, I have checked the cost of doing just that, and find the cost to be excessive! So my wife suggested planting a fast growng vine or something that would cling to the existing fence and 'privatise' it by summer. Now, I'm no horticulturist, and know bupkiss about plants. Any suggestions from the groupas to what would be the best plant to use to get a privacy fence out of? Remember, I need something that will grow quickly, and not cost too much or be too high maintenance. Thoughts? BTW, I live in Texas if that makes a difference as to climate etc. -
TSK Nude,
Virginia Creeper. It is a vine that can be purchased at any nursery and it grows very fast and will provide the needed privacy.
Good luck,Comment
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Carolina Jessamine (sometimes called Jasmine) is a vine with pretty spring flowers and lots of small leaves that grows very fast and thick and thrives here, but full coverage by summer? That's a lot to ask for. Once it's established it stays thick.
English ivy grows fast, but it is as bad as Kudzu for spreading where it is not wanted.
Privacy shrubs include: English boxwood, Euonymus shrubs, box holly, bamboo or cane, Leland cypress, privet hedge, all of which grow fast.
There are privacy fabrics that NaturistMark has recommended in previous postings. They could provide privacy while you are waiting on your vines to grow.Comment
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trail, i've looked for those fabrics at my local home improvement stores with no luck! any ideas on where to get it?Comment
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TXK, I have seen the fabric on the back pages of the AANR Bulletin.
Here's a link to a company that makes it:
Free Standing Privacy Screens and here's another:
Outdoor Shade Fabric
Here's a picture of the stuff:
Naturist Mark was kind enough to provide a couple of landscaping links:
Living Walls
and here's another:
Living FenceComment
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Still another possiblity would be Hybird (sic)Willows. According to the blip in a gardening catalog they can grow 14 to 20 feet in the first year, prevents wind and soil erosion, thrives in dry soils and can help dry out boggy land.
Mmmmm. that sounds like a plant verion of a Swiss Army Knife.Comment
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Red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) seems to do well in east Texas. It grows fast in full sun and a lot of heat.
If you have a boggy place or are near a river or lake, willows, cypress, young river birch, and Spice bush all love wet feet.
If it is not too hot a climate, Hemlock trees can be trimmed into a thick hedge. Arbor Vitae makes a nice columnar evergreen shrub and grows to massive tree size in the U.P. of Michigan along the shore of Lake Superior/Comment
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