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Originally Posted by ajbrown
I think alot depends on the location of the box on the property.
Our home backs up to Villas, so we have a wall behind us. There is a box about three feet onto my next door neighbor's lot. Our solution was to have corner bed on that side. We planted pudocarpus to line the lot on the corner. Each side about 10 feet long. It is a great hedge, keep trimming it back and it really fills out. We plant color in front of the hedge annually
I was going to use bottle brush but I was told that it is hard to keep thick (lots foliage) at the bottom (do not take this as fact). Sadly my personal issues have delayed my trip south or I would send a nice picture. All I have are these two, the first shows the box, the second the hedge. The second picture is when it was cold and all way gray. The hedge has really filled in since that picture. Identities in the photo have been hidden.
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LOL....I like the hidden identity feature.... LOLOL.
We have a rather large green box out back and it sits in an area where three yards come together. All owners have planted bottle brush around the box, along with some other hedging green bush and it does a good job of "concealing" the box from view. Every now and then, we go out and trim branches around the box making it more visible, but it's still sort of invisible if you get my drift....the green hedges sort of minimize its visibility.
Just be careful when you're planting around the area...cable wires aren't deep in the ground and cutting your cable line is very easy....ask us, it's been cut about three times already...
As lovely as Mexican petunias are, they're not a choice I'd make. The things spread like wildfire and total removal can take years. They spread via runners and manage to keep popping up for a very long time after the main plants have been removed.