Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Fast growing screen plant/hedge - NOT pittosporum? 27Jan 20, 2011 8:15 am I like the fruit on the Dodonaea viscosa - looks really pretty Re: Fast growing screen plant/hedge - NOT pittosporum? 28Jan 20, 2011 8:38 am PHL BeatrixKiddo var. acmena smithii, they take years to establish and then they put on the 1m plus growth that is widely promoted. As you probably know, there are many cultivars of A Smithii; as an example, I have Allyn Magic, which has formed a dense hedge 1m high after 2 years, and shows no signs of wanting to go taller (although I clip it to keep it dense). I'm using another cultivar, Hot Flush, that is rated to 4m for a hedge between my driveway and a neighbour and will keep it trimmed to 3m (it's been in 9 mths, and so far is only 0.5m tall as I've been trimming monthly it to keep it dense). I have a Syzygium Reliance (larger leave compared to the Acmena) which has grown to 1m tall in 12 mths, in spite of regular trimming, to hide my neighbour's shed. But I'm in Sydney, which may account for the difference. Yep I know there are heaps of a. smithii, the main one sold for tall hedging down here is smaller leaf full tree culitvar. It is heavily promoted to screen your neighbours out fast. They are a nice plant but not that quick. Sydney is 1000km closer to the lily pilly's hometown than melb so as you said I think that has a lot to do with its growth. Anyhow as I said in my experience I find them slow and easily damaged by heat it's certainly not the case for all Lilly pilly's and locations. Being slow doesn't mean bad either. Re: Fast growing screen plant/hedge - NOT pittosporum? 29Jan 20, 2011 8:30 pm Lex PHL, what's the botanical name for Syzygium Reliance? The tag just says it's a selection of Syzygium Aussie Southern, which is no information at all. It's one of the psyllid resistant Syzygium (which are usually less resistant than Acmena). Help!! I’m meant to start building soon and have only really just learnt about orientation. Im reading so much that no grass will grow on the heavily shaded south… 0 3140 0 5101 You have no photo with your post. Best I can say is to remove an A&L flyscreen don't be afraid to distort the frame almost like a trapezium. It doesn't take a lot of… 1 7722 |