Top 5 Plants for Both Chain Link Fence Aesthetics and Privacy

Chain link fencing is inexpensive, and easy to use, but they lack beauty that fails to deliver aesthetic value in your life. Fencing is a part of your landscape design that gives structure to your garden. “Good fences make good neighbors”, but fencing is only not the option when you require privacy, barrier and peace. Hedges have been used for centuries.

Contemporary gardens: Landscape your garden with hedges to create Contemporary gardens

Backyard privacy is must sometimes!

Depending on your desires and circumstances, you may want to opt for a more natural appearance and privacy. Something that grow tall and form a handsome hedge that not only deliver privacy, but protect you from a windbreak. Hedges are great options for enhancing the ugly fences that may border your yard. Below are some favorite hedge selections to settle a fence-


American Arborvitae - Thuja Occidentalis (American Arborvitae), is an ideal choice if specifically height, species, and delivery are all important to you. Along the back edge for privacy, American Arborvitae stays dark green year round and holds its needles throughout the winters. One of the most affordable privacy trees that don’t die but actually grow beautifully with little care.

123213_140-Thuja-occidentalis-driveway-street

Features-

  • American arborvitae is tolerant to different kinds of soil, but prefers moist and loamy soil
  • Ideal for USDA zone 3-8
  • No major pest and disease issue
  • Works beautifully with regular pruning.
  • Can reach upto height 20’ to 40’
  • Needs adequate water to stay healthy (More in extreme heat condition)

Cornelian Cherry - Scientifically known as Cornus Mas, Cornelian Cherry Dogwood is a perfect choice for a full and tall privacy fence/hedge that will block out all your neighbors. You might have considered laurels, privet, thujas, and cypress but if you want a hedge specifically in USDA zone 5-8 then look no further than Cornus Mas. The hedge is easy to maintain that requires less pruning and watering. 

00000080-Cornus-mas-cornelian-cherry-berries-closeup-summer-attract-birds

Features-
  • Deciduous
  • Adds some privacy to backyard along split rail fence.
  • Looks extremely stunning in small groupings.
  • Beautiful star molded yellow flowers sprouts in late winters.
  • Produces bright cherry red fruit in june and july
  • Thrives easily in average well drained soil

Western Red Cedar- “I'm researching fast-growing tree in the US that will provide some privacy” That’s common question to ask! Thuja Plicata (Western red cedar) is a common tree used as a hedge in USDA zone 5-9. Western red is a nice hedge selection that promises that stay bright evergreen throughout the season. Looks exceptionally handsome in outdoor spaces if used with mixture of some flowering hedge selections. 

123212_120-Thuja-VirescensSuburban-park-driveway-estate

Features-

  • Works well with casual pruning.
  • Thrives in fertile, moist and well drained soil
  • Grows fast, can reach up to 12’ height and 4’ width.
  • Deer resistant
  • Requires partial shade to full sun to give best results.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Top 10 Landscaping Ideas to Design Garden-

Image
There is no better time than spring to get outside & make your garden smarter. The Sun is getting brighter and warmer, The icy cold weather is on the way.  Landscaping, when you think about it, is a process that alters the visible features to make land more attractive. By planting trees and shrubs with some Ornamental additions creates beauty within the landscape. From dwarf plants to fast growing shrubs, there’s something new for new gardeners to design their garden best. Thanks to InstantHedge for providing top hedge selections to design garden. Here is how you can design your garden with hedges- 1. Contemporary Garden - A Contemporary garden aka Modern garden is defined by the use of clean designs with hard rocks like stones, rocks. Use of hedging plants is an impactful way to give garden a formal shape. By using hard materials like wood, stones and sometimes steels, hedge green foliage against these adds significant value and visual impact. Planting hedges like Laurels,
Read more

Best Way to Trim Hedges

Image
Trimming a hedge isn’t always just a matter of making a line. Here we are going to offer practical advice on a way to sharpen up your act and make some desirable shapes and long-lasting composition in your garden. Hedge maintenance can be a simple process that can be easily unified into a landscape procedure. Most of the people are often confused about the way they can trip hedges. Here are some Do’s and Don’ts one should keep on mind before pruning hedges. 1. DO keep your hedge clippers keen and washed. 2. DO NOT pin evergreen hedges once they are parched, so during the summer water the hedges,  and also the evening before you start trimming 3. DO NOT be tempted to chop straight lines ‘by eye’; some reasonably clipping guide is required. A bit of cord extended between two poles is one of the easiest techniques to form a straight and level line to prune against. Rough, tossed, domed and other complex hedge shapes may need a wooden template to confirm a uniform shape along
Read more