Pacific Northwest Gardening: Underground wires and shallow rooted plants ..., 1 by estreya

estreya wrote:
Hi all! I'm wondering if anyone might be able to recommend bushes and trees, preferably evergreen, which are suitable for planting over or around underground house wires.

For some reason, an adjacent home owner has begun clearing the thick area of mature pines that divided our properties. I cringe every time i hear the chain saw, and little by little, their lights and home are being revealed to me. Far be it for me to sound anti-social, but i've grown accustomed to that protective swatch of pine on my eastern side, and i'm finding this transition to be quite jarring. Therefore, i'll need to make a plan to somehow plant up that border.

Problem is, there's not a lot of space between the road and my front door, and all the underground power lines and whatnot run along the area i'd most need to plant up. Does anyone know of a way to create a shallow-rooted thicket that won't interfere with the wires?