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Need Help on Landscaping - Picture in Post
Tell me what you think of this landscaping design for our back yard.
My main goal is to block the view of our back neighbors side of their house.
Do you think I need to go with something fuller by their window instead of the italian cypress so that it feels more private.
Included are some Italian cypress, roses, iris, daylilly's, japanese boxwoods and some annuals for color. I also added an optional moss rock border.
I guess I just need help and thoughts
Re: Need Help on Landscaping - Picture in Post
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I like the pictures you have so far. It's hard to tell how full things will get until they've been growing for awhile.
One of my neighbors has a bush/tree that looks very similar to what you have pictured, and they have a lot of them. They have all grown together into one giant wall, and you can't see the house at all. It took awhile before we even knew there was a house behind there.
About the plants- I agree that Italian Cypress will not make an effective screen.
About the design- if your landscape is really as sparse as the mock-up, you need an overall design, not just a simple accent border. An isolated bed has no sense of place, and if there's nothing else in your yard, your eye will land right there, and you will stare at it. What you've created is a focal point.
If visual screening is the objective, use another plant. Otherwise, you are only drawing all eyes to the exact thing you are trying NOT to look at.
Please check with your neighbor before you do this. Planting two-story trees right on the property line will definitely affect them, especially if the sun comes from your side. I was ready to do this at my house until I realized I'd block all light to my neighbor's garden.
If you're just trying to block the view from their windows, maybe adding a lattice to the top of the fence would work? Of course, if the neighbors are terrible or the house is an eyesore, plant away.