Hi Weeping nootkas jeff

how much lineal space between the patio/house and the fence...

think flowering crabs somewhere in between ... or redbuds.. etc

you are fixated on the fence line.. when presumably.. you have a lot of lawn in between ....

something to block the view... need be much shorter.. the closer to the house it is ....

ken

Thanks for the suggestions Jeff and Ken. The fence is approx. 125 ft. from the house/patio, at the bottom of a gradual downward slope (which is why the 2-headed creature back there appears to be over 7 ft. tall...haha).

You might be right though, Ken. Maybe a fast-growing decidiuous tree somewhere in between the house and fence is the answer to this one. I sometimes tend to think in linear terms.. so thanks for the insight.

Jeff suggested weeping nootkas. I might suggest Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Glauca.' Its foliage is much denser than 'Pendula' so it will give you lots of privacy. It is fast growing too. Will tolerate drought once established. And it is a very attractive tree! Then you can plant some "pretties" in front of your living fence. Good luck with the 7 foot tall rednecks.
Coralbelle

If you don't have to have all evergreen I have had Dawn redwoods and Schubert choke cherry grow well in that type of setting. If you are in an area that doesn't get to much wind you could also plant some of the Hardier southern magnolia selections like Brackens Brown beauty. David

I was just over at my parents house and they had a huge row of lilacs ... and they were just dinky things not many years back ... not they were all about 7-8' high and created a very nice privacy hedge. And all in full bloom ... gorgeous and wonderful to smell.

the big tree.. above the back of the chair ... is an oak .... look for the first V ..... and you will see .... make a nose print on your screen .. lol.. a slight suggestion of the white house everything is hiding ...

closer than the oak .. on the far end of the bending bed.. is a variegated oak ...come around the bend ....toward the chair .... and there is a variegated liquidamber ... no one said you have to plant plain old green trees ... lol ..

the height created closer to the viewer.. easily can hide something 200 feet away in my case ...

with 125 feet.. man can you put in some gardens.. forget about the fence ....

go to the hardware store... and get some marking flags like miss dig uses .... sit on each corner of the patio .... good to have a hyperactive kid available ....

send them out to put flags where views need to be blocked ...

then go to each window in the house... and add more flags.. or have hyperman move them slightly ... continue ad nauseum .. until you have a real idea of what you need where ...

once this is done... think about how you can make 3 beds which include all the flags ... roundup grass... add mulch ... start planting conifers and trees ... i can post a tutorial on such.. if you ever get that far ....

get the drift????

good luck

ken

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To simplify Ken's post, sit on the back deck or patio and look out from there. The better the view, the closer you can come to the fence with the lawn. The worse the view or where you want privacy, the further the lawn needs to be from the fence. You have plenty of room to make a very good garden with a lot of privacy. More than most. Make your landscape decisions from one point called a territorial view. That simplifies a lot of 'what do I plant where' decisions.

to simplify it even more than botann ....

when the box is frustrating you .. think outside the box ...

ken

PS: the box being delineated by bed at the fence line

Thanks everyone for all the great ideas!

Amazing property, Ken! I can't even detect that house you are talking about. Thanks for the tips! I think if I sent my daughter out there with the flags though, I would still end up with a straight line across the whole yard. LOL! But I will definitely have to give that a try.

here are better pix of the neighbor.. i actaully like... lol .. probably because he isnt a hydra.. lol.. ken

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