Beginner Gardening: Suggestions , please!! , 1 by sandersfam

sandersfam wrote:
Thanks for the reply! =)

Actually, I was wrong, though....I am in zone 10.....once I looked up a better zone map that I could acually SEE, I found this out. I am not sure if this makes a differance or not...sorry for the misinformation!! (its the beginner in me, LOL)

The only reason I was thinking a tree is because I think the bushiness (is that a word?) of the Heavenly Bamboo up against the border of my veggie garden is the thing I hate the most about it, but I hadn't even thought about it being too close to the house or the shade problem! =)

I am including another picture (please excuse our messy garage!), so everyone will have an idea of what my whole yard looks like....I like the idea of a vine of some sort, but will that be too much with the ivy I already have??