Re:Bamboo Recommendation/plant sales

Cathy,
I am assuming you want something fairly instant, but if you can get away waiting a little while for privacy, could you set up trellis with rapid growing (but controllable) vines - I saw a kiwi fence in Connecticut that looked great. BUT, check your town's zoning requirements for a pool - my sister lives on the Cape and their goldfish pond required a 6 foot minimum, solid construction (no chain link) fence and special gate latches at least 5 feet off the ground. Even though this is a fish/garden pond, they had to follow the rules for inground swimming pools.

In the area we live we are not allowed to have chain link or wooden fences.
We can have only wrought iron or brick or stucco fencing and up to 6 feet only. We are going to build a pool and want total privacy for our pool and gardens. Even a 6 ft. stucco wall is incredibly expensive. Our yard has gone way too long without starting on any projects so I have to solve this privacy issue to get going. Needs to be tall and very dense. In starting my research perhaps the clumping Bamboo is the right choice.
I hate property covenants - we had some one complain that our contemporary (on covenant free property) makes their garrison style box look bad and try to stop construction and then complained again when it was stained to match the natural cedar not painted - they even bitched it brought down the property values. I was so glad when they moved - I can only imagine the complaints the gardens might have incurred.

And back on topic

I'm taking advantage of some really good fall plant sales and have rows and rows of plants and perennials lined up for my soon to be yard so I have to get this going.
Same here - It is the very end of the season here, but I found some good stuff at a 50% sale - thread leaf amsonia (blue star) with some nice eyes for next year, Pineapple Upside-down Cake hosta and Aster - Lady in Black. Oh and a new daylily that arrived via a friend! GRIN Anything I get this late (excluding bulbs) will spend the winter potted in the holding bed or if they made it into the main beds, will get mulched once the ground freezes (assuming it hasn't already snowed).

One of several bulb orders has arrived - I got a bunch of new alliums from Zimmerman and McClure. I hope to make into the garden this afternoon. I may have lost the tomatoes when I took the blanket off too early after the killing frost here Tuesday night. A house plant on the deck got frosted too - but it may recover; usually things on the deck/next too the house are fine.

Finally, thank you everyone for all the African Violet help - I have leaves in water, leaves in soilless mix and the stem pieces in pots. Wish me luck!
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH

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