Red tipped Photinia, if it's good enough for the country club, it's good enough for you
These work great if they can get full sun. For shade, I used wax myrtles with good results. My screen at my last house was a combo of holly, wax myrtle, and yaupon, looked good. I'm about 20 miles east of San Antonio.docb said:
Arizona cypress?
nortex97 said:
Texas Vitex seems to work well up here in North Texas.
https://bexar-tx.tamu.edu/homehort/archives-of-weekly-articles-davids-plant-of-the-week/texas-lilac-vitex-a-hot-summer-texas-superstar-plant/
good lord those things are fugly.EFE said:
Red tipped Photinia, if it's good enough for the country club, it's good enough for you
Thx, I get that but I am reluctant on the others up here. Mine is for an area by a pool (in clay soil), and the crepe's seem like a nightmare for that (pool filter/maintenance).Badace52 said:nortex97 said:
Texas Vitex seems to work well up here in North Texas.
https://bexar-tx.tamu.edu/homehort/archives-of-weekly-articles-davids-plant-of-the-week/texas-lilac-vitex-a-hot-summer-texas-superstar-plant/
Even though it is commonly called Texas lilac, Vitex species are all native to the Mediterranean and highly invasive in Texas. They are a pretty invasive but highly invasive none-the-less.
nortex97 said:Thx, I get that but I am reluctant on the others up here. Mine is for an area by a pool (in clay soil), and the crepe's seem like a nightmare for that (pool filter/maintenance).Badace52 said:nortex97 said:
Texas Vitex seems to work well up here in North Texas.
https://bexar-tx.tamu.edu/homehort/archives-of-weekly-articles-davids-plant-of-the-week/texas-lilac-vitex-a-hot-summer-texas-superstar-plant/
Even though it is commonly called Texas lilac, Vitex species are all native to the Mediterranean and highly invasive in Texas. They are a pretty invasive but highly invasive none-the-less.
Being that they seem like they are all over Frisco, I don't feel much guilt on the vitex (for being non-native) but if you (or others) have a recommendation for a full sun fence line where I'd like a 12-20 foot line of vegetation for privacy I'm all ears. I've actually been trying to figure it out on the various Aggie horticulture/texas superstar sites.
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the various Aggie horticulture/texas superstar sites.