Carolina Gardening: Growth Rate, 1 by southernstorm

southernstorm wrote:
I just surrounded my backyard with a wooden fence at 8 feet high in order to allow my two boxers to run free. However, my property is now referred to by my daughter as "Fort Bennett". I've been researching shrubs and trees in order to start softenting the starkness of the fence. I need to know what it means when it states the growth rate (ie: fast, slow, or moderate). About how many feet or inches a year do these terms mean? This is my first posting...thanks for your help.