Comments on: My Own Secret Garden http://www.texashomesteader.com/2009/05/11/my-own-secret-garden/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: doug http://www.texashomesteader.com/2009/05/11/my-own-secret-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-278 doug Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:23:34 +0000 http://www.texashomesteader.com/?p=323#comment-278 We are in Northern Idaho and planted Caragana for a privacy shield. It is a very hardy plant and I believe would tolerate the weather in DFW. Here is a link to an on-line gardening supplier where you can review different types of plants and if you are interested in any, you can always check for them locally. This site is great for "educating" yourself on a huge variety of plants and their prices do seem reasonable if you choose to purchase from them. I typed in the word, "hedges" and got lots of responses. http://www.directgardening.com We are in Northern Idaho and planted Caragana for a privacy shield. It is a very hardy plant and I believe would tolerate the weather in DFW. Here is a link to an on-line gardening supplier where you can review different types of plants and if you are interested in any, you can always check for them locally. This site is great for “educating” yourself on a huge variety of plants and their prices do seem reasonable if you choose to purchase from them. I typed in the word, “hedges” and got lots of responses.

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]]> By: Lara DeHaven http://www.texashomesteader.com/2009/05/11/my-own-secret-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Lara DeHaven Thu, 21 May 2009 19:28:51 +0000 http://www.texashomesteader.com/?p=323#comment-186 Karen, my only concern with oleanders in the D/FW area is the winter. Ya'll get much colder weather including ice storms and snow. Oleanders would not like this and would get knocked back. You would probably have to cut them off at the ground and let them grow again. They grow fast, but my guess is that they would never provide you the privacy that you desire. You can certainly try it; however, I would recommend red-tip photinias. This shrub is beautiful with red tips on its new growth. Keeping it trimmed into a hedge would give you privacy. You could also plant white crape myrtles every 10-15 feet to give you more height and color. I think that would be really pretty. Whatever you decide to do, I would love to hear what works and what didn't. Being able to enjoy your property even on a busy road is an important part of country living. Karen, my only concern with oleanders in the D/FW area is the winter. Ya’ll get much colder weather including ice storms and snow. Oleanders would not like this and would get knocked back. You would probably have to cut them off at the ground and let them grow again. They grow fast, but my guess is that they would never provide you the privacy that you desire. You can certainly try it; however, I would recommend red-tip photinias. This shrub is beautiful with red tips on its new growth. Keeping it trimmed into a hedge would give you privacy. You could also plant white crape myrtles every 10-15 feet to give you more height and color. I think that would be really pretty. Whatever you decide to do, I would love to hear what works and what didn’t. Being able to enjoy your property even on a busy road is an important part of country living.

]]> By: Karen http://www.texashomesteader.com/2009/05/11/my-own-secret-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Karen Thu, 21 May 2009 18:50:25 +0000 http://www.texashomesteader.com/?p=323#comment-185 We have bought a place in the country and are in the process of fixing it up. We LOVE everything about it--except it is right on a minor highway. We are going to have to do something like this as well, but I don't know if oleanders will grow as well in the DFW area, do you? We have bought a place in the country and are in the process of fixing it up. We LOVE everything about it–except it is right on a minor highway. We are going to have to do something like this as well, but I don’t know if oleanders will grow as well in the DFW area, do you?

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