Specialty Gardening: You Show Me Your Gardens - Part III, 1 by jkom51

jkom51 wrote:
If you sit in the recliners, you're facing the back of the property which is across from a schoolyard. I'm trying to grow some stuff to get above the fence, which will shield the schoolyard fence a bit more attractively than the green privacy fence the county installed! It's slow going, but I keep watering and working on the plant selection.

This bed runs across most of the width of the property, and surrounds a walnut tree that is very slowly dying from a fungal disease. For now, it still provides decent summer shade and helps screen some of the schoolyard, without obstructing the 180-degree view of the hillside. This view can also be seen from the back windows of the house, so it's important that the trees not grow too tall here. I have the silver maple topped every 3-4 years, otherwise all we'd see would be one big wide tree instead of a glorious east-facing hillside view!