Re: Wind Resistant fast growing trees.

You may have already rejected consideration of these, but you may have noticed that various Eucalytus have been used for many years as windbreaks in coastal California. Some are extremely fast growing.  I have seen Cupressus macrocarpa (Monterey Cypress) used as a windbreak in coastal New Zealand, where it is used in dense hedges.  With water, can be extremely fast growing.

Richard Starkeson
San Francisco, California

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On 7/12/2004 at 3:06 PM Doobieous wrote:

>We're relandscaping the backyard, and while we've planted many things, we
>have a problem with them
>getting absolutely dried out and windburned.  Unfortunately my town,
>Marina faces the open sea, even
>though it's on the western edge of the Monterey Bay, so we get constant
>sea winds. I returned from my trip
>to Mexico (Queretaro), to discover that 90% of the plants had dried wind
>burned leaves (My mother who was
>in charge of caring for it, swears she watered). The only plants that have
>not totally been burned are all
>of the plants that are native to California, such as Fremontodendron,
>Heteromeles, Ceanothus, and Prunus
>ilicifolia. My Norfolk Island Pines (Araucaria), and Butiagrus (Butia
>capitata x syagrus), as well as the
>carissa, and the orange and kalamansi all have escaped wind damage. 
>
>Anyway, we essentially have nothing to block the winds at all. We do have
>some Heteromeles arbutifolia as a
>permanent screen, but, as they grow slowly, i'm looking for plants (trees
>really) that are fast
>growing, and some that i wouldn't mind eventually cutting down (meaning
>they don't have to have
>beautiful flowers, or gorgeous leaves or form).  I know, it's a shame to
>cut down any plant that isn't
>harmful, but we need something temporary so the rest of the garden won't
>need constant everyday watering
>during our chilly windy summers.
>
>Barry
>
>Zone 17 (sunset), 9 (USDA)
>Marina, CA
>Pure sand soil, coastal California.
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