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I have experience with Thuja o.
"Hetz Wintergreen", "Spiralis", "Malonyna"(sp?)
and
others. Spiralis has good texture, grows fast and holds winter
color well, ditto with
Hetz Wintergreen but texture is not as good.
Neither are as narrow as I was led
to believe from Dirr and other sources.
Malonyna is VERY narrow. I like it the best.
but due to its width, it would be expensive to use
for a large hedge. I don't like 'Emerald
Green". The color is just too green,
especially in winter. To me it doesn't look natural.
The other cultivars mentioned above stay green but
darken and bronze very slightly
which to me looks better in the winter landscape. Just my opinion. All these
are very
tolerant, but will grow and look best with good
moisture.
Other good choices are Picea abies
"Cupressina" (narrow column, dark green, sun), Picea omerika (not too
wide, sun-/light-shade), Chamaecyparis nookatensis
"Pendula"
(not to wide, graceful weeping form,
sun/light-shade, good moisture), Picea mariana
"Fastigiata" (narrow, sun, good
moisture).
The fastigiate white pine is nice but will get
leggy and sparse unless you can provide
adequate light.
-----Original Message-----
From:
Gail Lussier <l*@fas.harvard.edu>
To:
woodyplants@mallorn.com
<woodyplants@mallorn.com>
Date:
Friday, September 03, 1999 11:42 AM
Subject: fastigate
evergreens
I'm planning a tall evergreen hedge (15-20'
tall by 70' long) for a narrow space - 17' between fence and house, zone 6,
Massachusetts, some areas in full sun, and have been pondering a mix
of:
Eastern Red Cedar 'Emerald Sentinel'
Eastern Arborvitae
(Thuja occidentalis) 'Wintergreen' and/or 'Emerald Green'
Eastern
White Pine "fastigiata'
common Juniper and Holly, varieties
unknown at this point.
I'll be planting in a row along a 6' cedar
fence trying to block noise and lights. I have tried to pick plants some of
which are full right to the ground, interesting to look at, that provide
food, and shelter for birds, are fast growers, with fairly low maintenance.
I've read with interest the previous discussions in the archive
concerning privacy hedges and trees, and for additional reference I am using
the Brooklyn Botanical book "Growing Conifers", a local
(expensive) nursery catalog and Michael Dirr's Woody Plants Manual (??
forgot the actual title), but the more I read, the more confused I get. I
have no first hand experience with evergreens, so I don't know if I'm on the
right track with my choices. Things like how close to space them, how tall
and wide they 'really' get, whether they get awful looking over time or in
the winter, whether they collapse under snow, lean away from the wind, etc.
are questions I don't have clear answers to yet. And the fact that I don't
have these conifers around now to arrange, rearrange, etc. for visual aids,
makes it tough to visualize.
I could use some help with additional
varieties, comments on the plants mentioned, spacing tips, good mail-order
nurseries that have plants for New England,
whatever...
Thanks,
Gail
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