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Hi Folks,
I’m surrounding the perimeter of five acres with 8 ft deer fencing.
I’m in solid woods but the front and a couple short side sections are open & sunny.
I don’t need to hide the whole 5 acres just 3.
The plan on the open sections with sun is to hedge about 100 lilacs along the front to cover/hide the fencing and 300 forsythia’s along the sides.
The rest of it is total shade. Any suggestions on what I could get going at the fence line in total shade. Something that grows thick and tall. I know I won’t be able to totally hide the fencing but if I could get something to distract the eye away from it that would be nice.
I’m in zone 6a with sandy soil but I can run a backhoe down the length of it and mix good soil.
Thank you for your time.
One last thing, I have access to any amount I need of lilac, forsythia & privet. I don’t know what kind of privet it is or if it is really privet. Maybe you can tell by the sample pic included. Is privet good for shade or no.
Thanks again.
Joel.
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