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Yard and Gardening Nudists backyard privacy
| We, wife and I, are looking for advice on trees or bushes to plant in a shaded area of our backyard because we have houses looking down into our yard. | |
| For many years, I had Oleanders planted along the property line, spaced about two feet apart in alternating colors. Red, white,and pink. They grew to 7+ feet tall, and remained thick as I pruned them. It did take two years before it was truly a barrier. There is an NCH Member that has a website called beautifulbamboo.com They grow it commercially for boundary growth, and it does grow quickly. I eventually opted for a 6 1/2 foot Cedar privacy fence that works very well. There are some pictures on my profile. Rick | |
| My wife and I visit the Terra Cotta Inn, in Palms Springs quite frequently. While there, we will take morning walks before it gets too hot. While on our walks, we have come across some beautiful landscaped yards and notice the hedges, bushes and trees people have planted for privacy. We've stopped numerous times to ask about the type of plants, how much water they need, how fast they grow and have taken that information and purchased and planted a few of those plants/trees into our backyard for privacy. Though Palm Springs gets warmer and has less rain than we get, we still live in a dryer climate and need plants that are dought tolerant and will still grow with minimal water. The one problem I seem to have is that the "dripline" system doesn't provide enough water to many of these plants for them to grow at the pace we were told and what we need to give us the ultimate privacy we want. I am currently hand watering ... and by the way ... doing it in the nude! ;) We also have a view of the surrounding hills and do not want to obstruct that view ... just the view of the several two story homes across and down the street that may have a view of our backyard. We, currently, only have one next door neighbor. In the past we've always had two, one on each side. We bought this house purposely for that reason and until our previous owner sold his home ... we didn't have a problem with backyard nudity. He was fine with it but we are unsure about the new neighbors...yet. They "tolerant" and accomodating. They have one window that looks directly down onto our backyard. For months they had the shutter blinds open but I suspect they got tired of seeing us naked or wanted to give us the privacy we deserve ... so they closed those shutters. We need to go over and give them some cookies and say ... Thanks!" LOL We need to go over and just talk to them1 ;) I'll post the names of the plants/trees we're using so you can look them up and see if they fit your needs, but I have to ask our landscaper what they are called! LOL :) | |
| I've always been a fan of Italian Cypress. It can make for a great green wall, as tall as you want, and isn't as invasive as bamboo can be. Oleander is poisonous, and not something you want around if there are kids about. | |
| Will any of these work with well establish shade trees in their yards? Will 6 1/2 ft trees work for this situation, cause my back yard neighbors have a good 20-30 ft height advantage on us? but I will check into the Italain Cypress. | |
This shows the kind of a green wall Italian Cypress can create. Understand the trees here could use some shaping and topping.
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| Another type of plant that will work for privacy screens is vines. there are quite a few to chose from, annuals or perennials. some that flower a lot and others mostly greenery, but they all need something like a fence to grow on.just some steel post drove in the ground with woven wire will work. the vines could be a permanent barrier or just for a couple years until shrubs or trees have grown up to do the job. because different varieties work in different regions it is best to go to some local nurseries and find out what they recommend in your area. |
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