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Re: shady spot needs plant screen

>>I would like to plant a quick-growing screen between my south property
>>line and my southern neighbor, a 2-story apartment building that's about
>8 feet from the property line.
>
>You don't say how tall you want the screen to be, or how thick it can be.
>Do you have a fence of any sort you can drape a vine on?
>
>My first thought is to put up the tallest fence or arbor you can get away
>with and grow a passion vine on it. P. molissima is virtually a weed here,
>evergreen, with pretty flowers, and growing 10+ ft a year.
>
>Or how about a huge climbing rose, like "Mermaid" or "Altissimo".
>
>Katherine Pyle
>Berkeley, California, USA

Thanks for your prompt reply, Katherine.  I wish I did have a fence, but
the old one fell down and I can't afford a new one anytime soon.  I'd
like to plant something fairly narrow - 4-6' spread - and reaching maybe
15' tall or so.  I think my main constraints are the shade and the worry
of watering too close to the live oak. 
I'll remember the passion vine and "Mermaid" for the back fence, which
still stands. 

Kay Dreher
Berkeley, CA
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