On the downside living fences may need pruning watering mulching and fertilizing.
Living privacy fence trees.
Natural fences constructed of shrubbery trees or flowering bushes are attractive and environmentally friendly havens for songbirds butterflies and other desirable fauna.
These living fences.
A line of evergreen trees or shrubs can provide year round seclusion even better than a fence because there are no municipal restrictions on how high they can grow.
Emerald arborvitae thuja occidentalis emerald is a small tree or tall evergreen shrub well suited for the loose border style of living privacy fence.
Living fences are windbreaks which reduce soil drying wind erosion and stress on livestock or crop plants thus increasing yields.
Hedges sited along contours can reduce rainfall erosion on slopes.
For fast growing living privacy fence choose arborvitae evergreen trees such as the thuja green giant arborvitae trees are some of the most popular species of privacy trees for backyards.
1 1 5 m of height yearly.
With its flat long lasting needles and dense growth habit just let this evergreen shrub grow into the tall living wall that you need with little maintenance on your part.
These rapidly growing evergreen conifers add to between 3 and 5 ft.
Living fences can cost as little as 1 per linear foot.