Viburnum as substitute for fence?

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The backyard of the house has 6 foot tall wood fence except for a 15 foot gap near the front, where there is a chain link fence instead.

The fence person wants $375 to put new fence in (two wood panels). I was thinking of planting viburnum as a cheaper alternative. Has anyone had luck with this?

Matt Devincenzo · Answer

Bienes  Raices another option is confederate jasmine. It's a vine and gets awesome smelling flowers you can smell at night in the spring and early summer(kinda like orange blossom during the same part of the year). It will cover the fence and then bush out about 2 ft on either side so it's a nice dense covering, and once your fence is covered you'll never notice.

My parents home I grew up in is in Orlando and we have about 120' of chainlink between our and the neighbor's house that no one has seen in 10 years because it's under the jasmine.

Larry K. · Answer

You mean the bucket it comes in is 30-gallon?  That sounds very big and like a special order.  Probably hard to move also.

I usually see about 5-gallon and probably costs about $75.  The plant itself is about 3 feet tall.  I have read and experienced plants growing at about 10 inches per year.

Forsythia grows very fast and I think is less money.  Perhaps that would suit you.  I see it as an inexpensive screening all over my area.

Larry K. · Answer

Viburnum are a great screening plant.  You'll probably have to wait about 5 to 7 years I'd guess for them to reach 6' though.

Bienes Raices · Answer

Larry I think I got confused on the bucket size, thanks...

Matt Devincenzo · Answer

Steve Babiak haha it's FL nothing sheds leaves, it's not really winter it's more of an extended fall until summer again. Really though leaves thin out over winter but only because new ones are pushing there way in to grow.

Steve Babiak · Answer

What happens to the plants in winter - do their leaves shed?  Without leaves, there isn't as much of a screen for privacy.

Bienes Raices · Answer

Thanks Larry. I would be buying one of the larger viburnum (30 gallon?).

Viburnum as substitute for fence?

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