Privacy Trees Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide
Privacy Trees Guarding Your Home
By Joel F Morningstar
Privacy trees can enhance your privacy around the home and your
yard. If you are concerned about people being able to see everything
you do in your yard, but you do not want to place a privacy fence
around the borders of your home, then privacy trees may be the
next best option.
Some people are so concerned about their privacy, they place
a fence, privacy trees and bamboo shoots around the borders of
the yard. You may not want to be so elaborate, but you may want
to review your options and place some natural evergreens in strategic
places around your yard, to enhance the privacy of your family
home.
These days, ugly security fences are placed in many dangerous
neighbourhoods, but if you live in a quiet neighbourhood, where
burglaries are rare, then you may look at privacy trees around
the perimeter of your home.
Guarding The Privacy Of Your Family Home
The house I grew up in had a privacy fence that reached all around
the perimeter. In some ways I really liked it. I liked the feeling
of being sheltered from the neighbors and the outside world. It
made both the backyard and the front yard seem so much more serene.
There were, however, things that I really didn’t like about it.
Privacy fences seem a little bit too overt for me. I know it is
a matter of personal taste, but even at the time I felt a little
too closed off. When I moved into my own house, I wanted something
that did the same job, but did it more subtlety. That is when
I discovered privacy trees.
Screening Your Yard From Outside
A lot of people like privacy shrubs and trees. Unless you need
a security fence or some other safety device, a privacy tree can
do everything that a man-made structure can do.
It doesn’t make it impossible to enter your yard, but it does
screen it from outside view and make it clear that no one is supposed
to come in. It also gives you a feeling of privacy. For most cases,
this is enough. Usually, unless your yard is wide open and welcoming,
people won’t wander in.
Natural Trees Are Better
Best of all, privacy trees provide a much nicer backdrop than
fences do. Don’t get me wrong – you can get a nice looking privacy
fence. You can make them out of stone, wood, or any other material
you might fancy. Stucco fences can be beautiful – particularly
with potted plants sitting on top of them. Nonetheless, nothing
beats having natural trees.
They muffle sound more, they have a beautiful look to them, and
they rustle gently in the breeze. There’s no better way to help
you forget the world and relax than to have a thick barrier of
privacy trees between you and everyone else.
Evergreens Stay Green All Through The Year
There are a lot of different kinds of privacy trees, but most
of them are evergreens. Evergreens have a lot of advantages. First
of all, they are hearty enough to live almost anywhere.
Second of all, they stay green all winter long – definitely an
advantage. Deciduous trees lose their leaves, cutting down on
the privacy protection that they provide during the winter.
Evergreens, on the other hand, get even thicker during the winter
with a nice coating of snow glazing them. Although heavy snow
falls can sometimes tear down branches, this is the exception
more than the rule. In general, these trees are very hardy.
Tall Trees Along The Fence
There are some people, like one of my neighbours, who has a fence,
and huge trees all along the fence. Nevertheless, as the house
is on a hill, you can still see almost everything in the yard
from the street. Tall trees and a fence can only do so much to
enhance your privacy.
A better way to enhance your privacy is to have a number of structures
and trees surrounding your yard, including a tall shed, a fence,
bamboo shoots and a number of privacy trees. Placing all these
plants all around your yard, may bring complaints from your neighbours,
including branches from the privacy trees leaning over into neighbourhood
properties.
If you are concerned about the privacy in your yard, you can
make areas in your yard difficult for prying eyes. For example,
you can place privacy trees near swings, where your children play,
to avoid the gaze from perverts across the street.
There are many ways you can enhance your privacy around your
home with privacy trees.
About the Author:
Joel F Morningstar has written a number of articles on trees, gardening, backyard ideas and landscaping including
Coffee Plant,
Weed Prevention,
Lawn And Garden,
Patio Garden,
Front Yard Landscape,
Stone Walkway,
Deck Ideas,
Swing Set Backyard.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
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