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<blockquote data-quote="HoLeChit" data-source="post: 4095186" data-attributes="member: 35036"><p>Bois d’arc is a great choice. They’re native, grow fast, and were planted as hedges back in the day. Their wood is great for stuff too. </p><p></p><p>I’m gonna go against what [USER=41176]@JEVapa[/USER] said on this though, and say that trumpet vines are a horrible idea. About 10-30 years ago the previous owner of this house planted a few of those vines. The past 5 years before I started working on them they were left to grow as they please. They’ve taken over, destroying my wooden privacy fence, killing several trees/bushes, and making a royal mess of things. It has taken me a year and a half of digging, propane torches, stump killer, weed killer, land clearing herbicide, boiling water, cutting, running them over with a mower, and even literally salting the earth to beat them back to where they’re relatively manageable. They put out expansive roots and rhizomes that make them impossible to kill. When starting this process I packed 3 large rolling trash bins with these vines just cleaning up the back yard. </p><p></p><p>Trumpet vines are great if you want your kids, neighbors, or future owners of your property spitting on your grave though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HoLeChit, post: 4095186, member: 35036"] Bois d’arc is a great choice. They’re native, grow fast, and were planted as hedges back in the day. Their wood is great for stuff too. I’m gonna go against what [USER=41176]@JEVapa[/USER] said on this though, and say that trumpet vines are a horrible idea. About 10-30 years ago the previous owner of this house planted a few of those vines. The past 5 years before I started working on them they were left to grow as they please. They’ve taken over, destroying my wooden privacy fence, killing several trees/bushes, and making a royal mess of things. It has taken me a year and a half of digging, propane torches, stump killer, weed killer, land clearing herbicide, boiling water, cutting, running them over with a mower, and even literally salting the earth to beat them back to where they’re relatively manageable. They put out expansive roots and rhizomes that make them impossible to kill. When starting this process I packed 3 large rolling trash bins with these vines just cleaning up the back yard. Trumpet vines are great if you want your kids, neighbors, or future owners of your property spitting on your grave though. [/QUOTE]
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