I am between a boxwood hedge or Little Lime Hydrangea hedge. They don’t want it too tall and more of a deterrent so their kids don’t get yelled at by the neighbors.
I’ll definitely be talking to the neighbors as well to get a win-win situation.
by thisisatesti
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Have they yelled at the kids because they walk in their lawn?
Let us talk about the reality of your two options in Zone 6. Boxwoods give you solid year round structure and will actually stop a running kid in January. Hydrangeas look beautiful in July but they are just a line of brittle twigs for five months out of the year. Kids will step right over those bare branches the second the leaves drop. If the absolute goal is a physical deterrent you need an evergreen. Since boxwood blight is wiping out shrubs everywhere right now you should look into a dwarf Inkberry Holly like Gem Box. It gives you that identical low structural sweep but handles driveway salt way better and will not die on you.
Whatever you plant needs to be spaced tight enough so it grows into one continuous mass. Kids are lazy and take the path of least resistance but they will slip through any gaps if you plant them like isolated meatballs. Since you are meeting with the neighbor you should run this layout through the GardenDream web app first. You just upload that second photo of the bare yard and overlay the exact hedge height and plant type. It acts as a visual safety net so the clients and the neighbor know exactly what they are getting before you waste time and money planting something that ends up causing a dispute.
there also exist 3ft picket fences, they are cheap, easy to install, and low maintenance
KIds, so no flowers but a hedge. I’d avoid flowers which will be messy and get stepped on. I’d avoid a fence which kids will break and which will quickly look messy plus a fence is too extreme for that location Yes, a low hedge would be perfect, not offensive, self-healing, perfect.
Neither, go with dwarf viburnum or ninebark.
Before deciding, call for underground line marking to help understand your digging options.
Boxwood looks good, podocarpus is an option also
Boxwood is good year round so I would do that
Sounds like a parenting issue, not a landscaping one, lol
Boxwood. Like someone else said, it will look good year round. The Hydrangea will look like dead sticks in the winter.
These look depressing as hell…..
Check the label on the transformer box prior to planting around it
The electric company swung by my home and chopped everything around it.
Plants must be 4 feet from the sides and 10 feet from the front and back for utility work in my area.
Not sure how often they check.