Need some help with what to plant
Hello,
I recently moved into an old Victorian house in upstate NY, the yard is a disaster, I've gotten the front and side beds under control. For the back I'm not going crazy, clearing a portion and planting mostly grass and a vegetable garden in the spring. There's an an area by a road I want to plant for privacy. I have 22 Thuja Green giants and a few Norway spruce for the open portions of the picket fence (2nd and 3rd picture below).
However, there is one portion that has a tree, a holly, and a butterfly tree with probably 10-15 feet of space between them (1st picture). I don't want to put green giants between these but any ideas on how to fill the space and gain privacy for my yard? Or should I just cut these down and do a full row along the fence of green giants? Thanks.
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The climate is cold lol...
I saw it was a British site and wasn't sure if you folks would be able to help me but figured I would try, I'm not sure of the climate in Britain, I thought it was on par to upstate NY. In the winter we can get into negatives and single digits but mostly in the teens and 20's, we average around 70 inches of snow each year but can also see upwards of 100 inches of snow each year.
We can grow most evergreens, hardy trees, roses, etc.. our zone is usually pretty good for most plants. Some are just too fragile to handle the winter though.
Yep for some reason we hate the metric system here, feet, inches, gallons, pounds, miles, and other completely random and nonsensical units of measure only. We use Fahrenheit too, 15 Fahrenheit which is common here is -10 Celsius, we can also hit -20 Celsius, with windchill -40 Celsius.
OK so sounds like Britain is a bit milder winter-wise, I don't even bother shoveling unless it's over six inches, and don't call into work unless the storm is dropping a couple feet on the ground.
I have this question out to a few other forums where they may be in a similar climate and able to recommend something. Thanks for the reply!
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, but at lunch I kept it simple and bought a new Husqvarna chain saw, I'm taking them down and planting Thuja Green giants and spruces all along the fence line. If I ever move to Britain, or England, or the UK (still not sure what the difference is) I'll pop back in.