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Hi, I am just starting out on landscaping my yard. I still don't know too much about plants. I am wondering what kind of bush or anything else I could put next to my arbor (between the arbor and nieghbors driveway) to give my privacy and be low maintence (no weekly trimming) pruning is ok. The arbor has morning glories that fill it in. Anybody have any suggestions? Other suggestion are also welcome.
A lilac bush works in your hardiness zone and can grow quite tall. Rhododendron bushes also come highly recommended and works in your zone. They are both flowering bushes, both bloom in the spring. If you look into Rhododendrons they are usually evergreen. Don't get the deciduous.
Hi AH...are you talking about a line of shrubs going from the arbor to the back, or just from the arbor to the side? I love rhodies...but they're mostly part sun. Lilacs, rose of sharon, wegelia, are all full sun...I got a new abelia called a fragrant abelia which has proven very hardy, it gets little flowers that smell like lilacs, but in the fall the leaves turn red, which is a bonus here in MA. Pieris japonica...I guess it depends on whether you want evergreen, flowers, fall color...
Hi Thanks for your suggestions. How about a picket fence the color of the arbor and a flower bed in front of it. I dunno. Guess I am also looking for crub appeal too. I'm so confused.
I think a picket fence is a great idea, it can be as tall or short as you want to make it, and you can put a curved bed in front of it and just plant for 4 season interest...
