Anonymous
Post 10/15/2018 18:28     Subject: Screening trees for backyard privacy
Anonymous wrote:Leyland Cypress or Green Giant
I love my leyland sand have them planted in a wet area.
Very hardy and fast growing.

OP wants trees that will grow tall but not wide. Leyland Cypress grow tall and wide. A bad suggestion. Don't do it.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2018 14:15     Subject: Screening trees for backyard privacy
Leyland Cypress or Green Giant
I love my leyland sand have them planted in a wet area.
Very hardy and fast growing.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2018 12:41     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
Anonymous wrote:Don't a lot of these take a LONG time to grow? to a height that will provide house to house screening. Assuming OP isn't buying fully mature trees.


River Birch grows fast
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2018 12:39     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
Don't a lot of these take a LONG time to grow? to a height that will provide house to house screening. Assuming OP isn't buying fully mature trees.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2018 10:08     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:arborvitae green giants?
Op here - those would be great except this is a generally wet area so I don’t think they will work.


Go with river birch. They are gorgeous, native, and grow really fast. Here are some other suggestions:
https://extension.psu.edu/trees-shrubs-and-groundcovers-tolerant-of-wet-sites


River Birch are great, but they aren't screening trees.
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2018 22:12     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:arborvitae green giants?
Op here - those would be great except this is a generally wet area so I don’t think they will work.


Go with river birch. They are gorgeous, native, and grow really fast. Here are some other suggestions:
https://extension.psu.edu/trees-shrubs-and-groundcovers-tolerant-of-wet-sites

Anonymous
Post 10/14/2018 20:31     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
Anonymous wrote:arborvitae green giants?
Op here - those would be great except this is a generally wet area so I don’t think they will work.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2018 15:42     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
Cryptomeria might be just the thing, except for being non-native.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2018 11:38     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:arborvitae green giants?


Not native and ugly as sin


What would you suggest instead? I'm looking for the same type of shrub/tree.


Eastern redbud, Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, American Plum
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2018 11:33     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
Oak or eastern hemlock for really tall trees

Silky willow for less so
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2018 11:33     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:arborvitae green giants?


Not native and ugly as sin


What would you suggest instead? I'm looking for the same type of shrub/tree.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2018 11:32     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
American witch hazel (hamamelis virginiana) blooms in the winter—year round interest
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2018 11:25     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
Anonymous wrote:arborvitae green giants?


Not native and ugly as sin
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2018 08:56     Subject: Re:Screening trees for backyard privacy
arborvitae green giants?
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2018 07:05     Subject: Screening trees for backyard privacy
Our backyard neighbor lost 3 pine trees in the windstorm last winter and now there are no trees between our lots. Our lot is much more shallow than hers and the property line follows along a natural drainage path.

I’d like to find some. Virginia natives, like an evergreen of some sort, to plant that will grow tall but not wide (shallow depth yard between property line and our house). Any ideas?