Is there a privacy hedge that'll grow in shade?

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Anonymous wrote:Another idea is to put up a privacy fence or a trellis with climbing plants.

I thought of that but asked if I want to spend $11,000 on a fence? I kind of don’t.

If I get this one part fenced, then the existing low fence will not match. So then I have to get the whole yard fenced. We have a long yard with a lot of fencing. We will likely get a new fence at some point but I’m not ready to commit to the price at the moment.

A fence would be the best solution but so expensive.

OP

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rhododenrums!

I was wondering about these!

OP

mine are skanky...like tall and skinny, not full and lush.

Oh darn. Any ideas as to why that is? Is the soil right for them?

I have some hydrangeas in the sunnier spots.

OP

[Anonymous]

Keeping anything to 4 feet wide will be the challenge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keeping anything to 4 feet wide will be the challenge.

I guess I don’t understand the 4 foot thing. Is that all the space there is in the spot?

[Anonymous]

Cryptomeria?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cryptomeria?

Cryptos won’t grow well in the shade

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe chindo viburnum. I think it depends how much shade you’re talking, but ours grow well in partial shade where hollies have not done well.

I just got japanese hollies (compact, not for OP's needs) at American Plant and was told they can tolerate a lot of shade, they just won't grow as fast. Sounds like not your experience?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Keeping anything to 4 feet wide will be the challenge.

I guess I don’t understand the 4 foot thing. Is that all the space there is in the spot?

Yes. That would leave us room to walk between the house and the hedge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe chindo viburnum. I think it depends how much shade you’re talking, but ours grow well in partial shade where hollies have not done well.

I just got japanese hollies (compact, not for OP's needs) at American Plant and was told they can tolerate a lot of shade, they just won't grow as fast. Sounds like not your experience?

We had a large condo complex go in behind our house. There’s a pretty large tree save are between us and the complex, but they also planted a row of hollies as an additional privacy barrier for us during the winter when the trees lose their leaves. The area is in part to full shade. Every single holly they planted died. Perhaps there were other reasons (lack of water after the planting?). They ended up replacing them all with ligustrum (I know, not great since it’s invasive, but nobody asked us). The ligustrum have grown like crazy. We also have a bunch of chindo viburnum back there that we planted on our side of the property line after the hollies died, and they are happy too.

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Anonymous wrote:Emerald Aborvitae

I have one of these in that spot, and it's not grown in years. I have four in another part of the yard, and they've grown maybe one foot in 3-4 years, if that.

That's not normal. Most of the plants suggested so far will grow at least to 4 feet wide.