Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Lanai privacy
Our home had a viburnum hedge along the entire back of the house when built. We added a bird cage and rerouted the existing plants (With proper permits) and added a few more to allow for privacy along the extension made by the bird cage. We love both the privacy and at the same time the enjoyment of making friends of our neighbors.
Only draw back is the need for regular trimming. Leave at least 4’ between the plants and the house to allow for maintenance and access. PM me if you want To see what it looks like. PS. The existing bottle brush trees we have a scruffy in comparison to the viburnum. We are considering pulling them out and replacing them with more viburnum. |
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depending on space, alternate sugar palms (high) with some type of fan palm (lower) ask landscaper about using sugar palms alternating with something good luck |
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And btw, don’t agree with doing that type of thing. These anonymous complaints included someone who painted a nice green color on her house borders but that was reported as a violation and she had to paint over it, and they fined her $2,500. Another case involved a complaint about someone’s hedges being too high, and she was forced to remove the plants, even though they were that high for years. Anyway, a bit off topic perhaps, but just underscoring approval issues, in case a neighbor or “anonymous” person raises an issue. |
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Shades
Shades do go up and down whenever you want.
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Beautiful, yes, however
palm trees can attract palm rats and they can be difficult to trim. |
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We have a pindo palm in our front yard. Max height is 20'. It's the only cold hardy feather palm and tolerates temps as low as 5°F, which means it can grow as far north as coastal New Jersey and British Columbia. Fruits are edible and used to make jelly in South Florida, where this beauty is also called jelly palm. The only thing is, after about 5 years the fronds will be higher from the ground and you won't have privacy. We also have a viburnum hedge for privacy but it needs to be trimmed about 3 times a year. It's a fast grower.
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Be very leery of the 3 trunk robolini palm. They look great but do not hold up very well if a frost or freeze occurs. A very popular landscaper warned us about this but my wife insisted she wanted one. Enjoyed it one year then had to replace it due to frost and freeze damage.
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Hedge for privacy
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I like the look of bottle brush, but oh those bees that love them too!
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Podocarpus - if you look around The Villages, a lot of common areas use Podocarpus hedges for privacy.
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Another vote for ligustrum, a great privacy hedge
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I had 6 palm trees on my property 15 years ago and they were gone in 3 years. Nothing but cleanup all the time.
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