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Re[2]: shady spot needs plant screen

        If you want a quick screen that,s low maintenance and won't get too 
tall, and you are willing to put in a "containment system" - try some running 
Bamboo. It will tolerate dryish soil and take high shade very well. 

        Chad Schroter in Los Gatos CA.


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Subject: Re: shady spot needs plant screen
Author:  John Dreher <dreher@dsp.com> at SMTP
Date:    8/23/97 9:43 PM


>>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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