Privacy Hedge/Treeline

[glank09]

I tried to google this, but troubles finding exactly what I’m looking for. One side of our property has a country road on it. I am wanting to increase the privacy, but do not necessarily want to plant a bunch of pine trees or arborvitae. Ideally would be looking for something native to indiana that would be cheap/free to plant from a start. I considered stealing a bunch of starts from our lilac bush but not sold on that yet due to not being native. The space is about 100 yards long and I have about 20-25 yards to work with from the road. Any thoughts?

 

[Alpo]

If you're considering trees at all, I like the Catalpas. Fast growing. Lilacs among them on a line would look pretty nice

 

[cam4usa]

I tried to google this, but troubles finding exactly what I’m looking for. One side of our property has a country road on it. I am wanting to increase the privacy, but do not necessarily want to plant a bunch of pine trees or arborvitae. Ideally would be looking for something native to indiana that would be cheap/free to plant from a start. I considered stealing a bunch of starts from our lilac bush but not sold on that yet due to not being native. The space is about 100 yards long and I have about 20-25 yards to work with from the road. Any thoughts?

I’m a bit new to Indiana and have the same issue on my property. Since you’re concerned with indigenous correct species, what are our options? Any evergreens at all?

 

[hoosierdoc]

How about Chinese silver grass?

My stand is amazing now. You need to cut it all down in the fall though or it gets messy

 

[snapping turtle]

privet but I believe it is English.

 

[Leo]

My buddy's parents wanted privacy and security, so they surrounded their yard with Hawthorn Bushes. They filled in fast. Just don't try to play football in the yard, as a tackle into the bushes gets pretty painful. The flowered at times too, kind of nice.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

https://www.in.gov/dnr/nature-preserves/files/np-LandscapingNativePlantsBrochure.pdf

Or this, but it costs.

Hedge fun: CD lists all of Indiana's native shrubs

Indiana is home to 117 native shrub species. Every one - from the populous common blackberry to the very rare American barberry - appears in a new Purdue University Cooperative Extension CD.

www.purdue.edu

 

[Alpo]

This thread got me thinking about finding someone who makes Osage bows.

Sorry..semi-off-topic.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

This thread got me thinking about finding someone who makes Osage bows.

Sorry..semi-off-topic.

Nice tree/hedge, but not native to Indiana. It's only native to a very small part of TX, at least according to what I've read.

 

[AtTheMurph]

Nice tree/hedge, but not native to Indiana. It's only native to a very small part of TX, at least according to what I've read.

Pre-Columbian but I read that the Native American's probably spread the trees across much of the Midwest at least as a source for wood for their bows.

Anyways, they have grown here for hundred of years.

 

[Magyars]

Black raspberry bushes...with the added benefits of fruit!

 

[glank09]

How about Chinese silver grass?

My stand is amazing now. You need to cut it all down in the fall though or it gets messy

I think those are what steal my golf balls! I did look at those on the course the other day and wonder about them.

 

[glank09]

Black raspberry bushes...with the added benefits of fruit!

Not a bad idea, but I am now wondering if blueberry bushes would be better

 

[schmart]

Not a bad idea, but I am now wondering if blueberry bushes would be better

Blueberry bushes don't have the stickers that raspberry/blackberry bushes have. Also not sure they get tall enough for what you want. Mine seem to have topped out at about 4 1/2 ft tall.
--Rick

 

[Magyars]

Not a bad idea, but I am now wondering if blueberry bushes would be better

In my opinion blackberry bushes are more thick, intertwined than blueberries. Blueberries seem to grow straighter if you get my meaning

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Pre-Columbian but I read that the Native American's probably spread the trees across much of the Midwest at least as a source for wood for their bows.

Anyways, they have grown here for hundred of years.

American Indians and settlers. The settlers loved them for fence posts, wagon tongues, etc.

And yep, they have.

Black raspberry bushes...with the added benefits of fruit!

Not a bad idea.

Blueberry bushes don't have the stickers that raspberry/blackberry bushes have. Also not sure they get tall enough for what you want. Mine seem to have topped out at about 4 1/2 ft tall.
--Rick

Different varieties get different heights, iirc anywhere from a 1 1/2-6 ft.

And don't forget elderberries. Good for colds/flu. No idea on the rona though.

 

[schmart]

American Indians and settlers. The settlers loved them for fence posts, wagon tongues, etc.

And yep, they have.

Not a bad idea.

Different varieties get different heights, iirc anywhere from a 1 1/2-6 ft.

And don't forget elderberries. Good for colds/flu. No idea on the rona though.

There is a winery in Eastern KS that makes an awesome elderberry wine! Drink a bottle of that and you don't care if you have a cold!
--Rick

 

[Timjoebillybob]

There is a winery in Eastern KS that makes an awesome elderberry wine! Drink a bottle of that and you don't care if you have a cold!
--Rick

Pretty much. I've made it before, gave a bottle to an aunt who almost never drinks for medicinal purposes. She said a small glass made her feel much better. Probably didn't hurt that it was pushing 18% ABV.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Pretty much. I've made it before, gave a bottle to an aunt who almost never drinks for medicinal purposes. She said a small glass made her feel much better. Probably didn't hurt that it was pushing 18% ABV.

 

[Magyars]

I'd consider interspacing cedar trees with the blackberry bushes. That way you'll still have concealment year round