Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 21Nov 03, 2010 9:10 pm It could be just us and where they were planted The problem with most shrubs, even the fast growing ones, is that it takes some patience (& time) until they really take off and become dense. Depending on soil, location, aspect etc. it could be fast, or it could actually be slow My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 22Nov 03, 2010 10:18 pm It's all in the clipping. Most will occasionally clip and mostly wait till a plant reaches the height they want than comense serious clipping. This is like watching a train smash for us in the know. Start clipping a hedge from the, moment they are planted and they will do very well for you and much faster than if leaving them It offers the very fastest method of growing them as well as certified organic soils, zeolite as well and thick layers of tree loppers mulch and or straws under them. Anything that is ever clipped off should be chucked under the hedge and allowed to return a perfect nutrient balance back to the plant Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 24Nov 03, 2010 10:39 pm A lily pilly would be one of the most disease prone plants in Australian nurseries after roses. The treatments for those pests are not friendly to your health, or the health of the areas biodiversity Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 26Nov 03, 2010 11:59 pm 1sthome supposed to be psyllid resistant. There is a word in that that I would look at. Supposed to be. Like the other 157 other varieties that also are supposed to be. Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 27Nov 04, 2010 6:04 am guys - how about any no maintenance plant and forget trees that don't get bigger than 3 metres? Project History Deposit - 20/4/2010 Land Settled - 20/8/2010 Council - 30/9/2010 Slab - 17/11/2010 Bricks - 28/01/2011 Roof - 5/02/2011 Gyprock - 4/03/2011 Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 28Nov 04, 2010 6:45 am My landscape designer friend suggested Leytons green and I almost had a heart attack! There is no way I would want that on a suburban property! I'd be boxed in in no time at all! He had it all around the perimeter! No way!! I've gone for olives on the south side (they face north and get alot of sun), I will go for camelias on the north side (facing south - not much sun), and Manchurian Pears on the west side (help block out the sun in Summer and let in light in Winter...plus pretty colours in Autumn). Mum and Dad have potts as a screen and they grow really quickly, but need clipping to maintain their shape every couple of months. I had thought about having them here, but too much maintenance for a busy family! Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 29Nov 07, 2010 12:18 pm so anyone have any plant and forget privacy trees shrubs or trees that they can recommend? (ie.. without having to clip) Project History Deposit - 20/4/2010 Land Settled - 20/8/2010 Council - 30/9/2010 Slab - 17/11/2010 Bricks - 28/01/2011 Roof - 5/02/2011 Gyprock - 4/03/2011 Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 30Nov 07, 2010 11:24 pm I wanted something which wouldn't get so tall it blocked out all light etc. I have put a row of junipers in as an unclipped hedge (ie left a la natural) They grow to about 3mtrs approx and a width of about 1mtr (so far) They are nowehere near as big as Castellewans (sp?) etc Been low maintenance and easy to grow Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 31Nov 08, 2010 12:36 am qonyx guys - how about any no maintenance plant and forget trees that don't get bigger than 3 metres? Callistemon(Bottlebrush) most cultivars Banksia Ericifolia (heath banksia) Grevillea Rosmarifolia Westringia Pittos. Tea tree but you will need to clip clip clip regardless to stop any plant getting leggy I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 33Nov 08, 2010 7:52 pm thanks mecha... you always have fantastic recommendations.. snhouse - yes bamboo can be fantastic as they are quick solutions.. and they do look good but i remember reading that they require special care as they can spread very easily like wildfire.. has anyone had any experience with them that they would like to share..? Project History Deposit - 20/4/2010 Land Settled - 20/8/2010 Council - 30/9/2010 Slab - 17/11/2010 Bricks - 28/01/2011 Roof - 5/02/2011 Gyprock - 4/03/2011 Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 34Nov 08, 2010 8:59 pm You just have to make sure you use a clumping variety and not a running variety. The running types are the ones that take over your garden but the clumping types are fine. All you need to do it cut out old culms to keep the plant the width you want it. Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 36Nov 08, 2010 9:55 pm thanks top & fu - i found this post that some of the guys had contributed that might help picture it viewtopic.php?t=13928 Project History Deposit - 20/4/2010 Land Settled - 20/8/2010 Council - 30/9/2010 Slab - 17/11/2010 Bricks - 28/01/2011 Roof - 5/02/2011 Gyprock - 4/03/2011 Re: Good privacy tree / shrub 37Nov 09, 2010 12:28 am Even clumping bamboo will exert pressure on fences as the clump expands outwards. As for hedges that just naturally grow like a hedge, well they don't do that Hedging is an ancient art form and with out the constant clipping the plants just will not develop more and more foliage to get dense enough. Yeah you can plant something that gets ratty and big and screens out most of what we see but there will be gaps because there was never any trimming done to create more foliage. Every cut will produce 2-5 new shoots depending on the species of plant. That is 2-5 times the foliage and then do that again later and that is 2-5 times that again and so on. A shrub will pretty much grow as high as it does wide. So clipping needs to be done to make the plant do what we want it too. Unfortunately plants have not evolved as fast as our Mc Mansions have filled the blocks so we will have to wait a very long time for plants to evolve to grow narrow and tall in those habitats. Plant breeders are working on them. There is a bloody lily pilly called pinnacle I think it was. Very expensive but grows tall and narrow. Still needs clipping to keep looking good though. Hi guys We have just removed a very large grape vine which was mounted to a structure along this wall. This is a shared wall with our neighbour, and after removal, we… 0 3954 |