Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS OF SPRING!!! Mid Spring Edition, 2 by speediebean

speediebean wrote:
Catmint, thank you for the idea, but I def. don't want a row of Nellies. I tend to hate hollies... well, the prickly-leaved ones; plus I've already got a prickly-leafed holly along that fence, toward the front yard. Even if I did like them, they're far too wide to fit in there until they really grow up and you can cut back all the lower stuff to make them 'tree-like'.

For the same "fit" reason, the Photinia and Pyracantha won't work either. Let me share a pic or three of the fence... give ya an idea of the width I'm working with.
1: shows the fence leading toward the back. At the very edge on the left, you can see the holly tree... it grows about 6 feet or so from the edge of the driveway, and it's on an 'awful hill'.

2: Shows how the ground seriously hills up from the edge of the driveway. I was standing about 3 feet in front of the holly when I took the pic.

3: Continuation of the fence into the back, from the holly onward. You can see how it slopes at first, and then levels out. See the deck on the left? Well, it is flush with the line of the house, giving you an idea of the width... maybe a total of about 20-25 feet from fence-to-house. We don't want to take up all the space, still need to walk back there n' stuff.

Talking further with DH last night, he definitely wants evergreens, so that narrows the search down a bit. Needle like leaves preferable but not mandatory, but it's gotta be fast-growing. (this is a pain, huh??) Sorry, but I do appreciate the ideas! =)