Beginner Gardening: Natural (wild) privacy hwedge?, 1 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
Not sure if Acer ginella grows in your area, but blooms are fragrant (spring), it's the only maple that has fragrant blooms and also has wonderful fall color, grows fairly fast. While waiting for the living fence to fill in try growing some tall annuals to help screen, ie Sunflowers, Nicotiana sylvestris (yummmm), Put up temporary trellises with annual vines. You're trying to block the public and I'm trying to keep the deer out, lol. A cheap fence is breakaway fence posts, rebar wire strung between and could add a string lattice (type they grow peas on). There are scads of annual vines that could be grown: sweet peas, Cobea, Rhodochiton, Ipomea (Heavenly Blue would be wonderful).

Fence posts are $5-10 ea., rebar wire is $3-4 for 200ft, pea trellis about $5. All can be very temporary til
shrubs or trees can fill in. Hope that helps. Kathy.

Pix is sunrise here in Colorado.