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Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: xG6KT ()
Date: September 11, 2016 09:17AM

What's the best plant to grow on the edge of your property to make an impenetrable barrier to keep people out?

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: 7DNNn ()
Date: September 11, 2016 09:35AM


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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Pampas grass ()
Date: September 11, 2016 09:39AM

Pampas grass. Grows fast, tall, wide, has different colored varieties, and the grass blades are sharp as knives.
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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Cokd ()
Date: September 11, 2016 01:04PM

Poison ivy

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: truth seeker ()
Date: September 11, 2016 03:00PM

nelly stevens hollies grow well in full sun, have sharp leaves and nice red berries in fall...
poison ivy...hah !

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Bamboo ()
Date: September 11, 2016 03:03PM

bamboo. Will spread under your fence to your neighbor's yard. Nothing kills it. Permanent wall.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Weeamatrix ()
Date: September 11, 2016 03:26PM

Bamboo Wrote:
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> bamboo. Will spread under your fence to your
> neighbor's yard. Nothing kills it. Permanent
> wall.


I guess you haven't met my friend Katana!

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Nicdoot ()
Date: September 11, 2016 04:06PM

Viburnum bushes

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Bill.N. ()
Date: September 11, 2016 04:44PM

Brambles with their thorns can be good for keeping people out. They aren't attractive though, especially from late fall to early spring when they have lost their leaves. Bamboo is the equivalent of biological warfare. It may serve the desired purpose, but you will be fighting it as well as your neighbor. The pampas grass looks good and may be more manageable if you have the right circumstances. Other options that might work depending on the circumstances would be lombardy poplars, boxwoods and azaleas. I knew one guy who used a bunch of Christmas trees. It didn't keep people out so much as it covered them with sap when they tried to cut through them.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Un Led Zep ()
Date: September 11, 2016 05:48PM

Robert Plant

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Harry Balz ()
Date: September 11, 2016 06:44PM

Hawthorn bushes. They use them in England and France to keep people and animals out.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Ying Ko ()
Date: September 11, 2016 06:58PM

MENDING WALL
Robert Frost

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun,
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,
But at spring mending-time we find them there.
I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;
And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
'Stay where you are until our backs are turned!'
We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
One on a side. It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, 'Good fences make good neighbors'.
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
'Why do they make good neighbors? Isn't it
Where there are cows?
But here there are no cows.
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down.' I could say 'Elves' to him,
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself. I see him there
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.
He moves in darkness as it seems to me~
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father's saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, "Good fences make good neighbors."

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: idiots abound ()
Date: September 11, 2016 07:39PM

Cannabis. They'll stop at the property line for sure. And even if they continue on, they'll only take junk food.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: tanker34 ()
Date: September 11, 2016 07:53PM

Ying Ko Wrote:
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> MENDING WALL
> Robert Frost
>
> Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
> That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
> And spills the upper boulders in the sun,
> And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
> The work of hunters is another thing:
> I have come after them and made repair
> Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
> But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
> To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
> No one has seen them made or heard them made,
> But at spring mending-time we find them there.
> I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;
> And on a day we meet to walk the line
> And set the wall between us once again.
> We keep the wall between us as we go.
> To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
> And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
> We have to use a spell to make them balance:
> 'Stay where you are until our backs are turned!'
> We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
> Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
> One on a side. It comes to little more:
> There where it is we do not need the wall:
> He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
> My apple trees will never get across
> And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
> He only says, 'Good fences make good neighbors'.
> Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
> If I could put a notion in his head:
> 'Why do they make good neighbors? Isn't it
> Where there are cows?
> But here there are no cows.
> Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
> What I was walling in or walling out,
> And to whom I was like to give offence.
> Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
> That wants it down.' I could say 'Elves' to him,
> But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
> He said it for himself. I see him there
> Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
> In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.
> He moves in darkness as it seems to me~
> Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
> He will not go behind his father's saying,
> And he likes having thought of it so well
> He says again, "Good fences make good neighbors."


you talk like a fag

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: OutOfSight ()
Date: September 11, 2016 08:50PM

Are you certain you don't want to build a fence? You could then plant whatever you wanted to on your side to obstruct the view of the fence.

With most people you can simply ask "please stay off of my property." Unfortunately with people like my neighbor you have to physically prevent them from coming on to your property because they believe the rules don't apply to them. It's sad, but not my problem to fix this person. This one is known throughout the neighborhood for their childish behavior.

Life has been so nice now that there is no way (short of scaling a fence) for this one neighbor to come nosing around and causing damage. Problem solved.

I'd consider it if I were you.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: causeican ()
Date: September 11, 2016 08:58PM

idiots abound Wrote:
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> Cannabis. They'll stop at the property line for
> sure. And even if they continue on, they'll only
> take junk food.


haha that’s a good one.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: September 11, 2016 09:04PM

Bamboo!

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: YXCDM ()
Date: September 11, 2016 09:13PM

Spanish bayonette.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Eb9bC ()
Date: September 11, 2016 09:15PM

Spanish bayonette will cut up your skin. Sometimes property owners will cut the sharp tips off the leaves if there is a dog or small child around. But if you want to keep them off your property let it grow wild.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Ludwig ()
Date: September 11, 2016 09:24PM

Not a plant but work real well
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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Fencemein ()
Date: September 12, 2016 01:21PM

I vote fence! Love mine and its great for keeping my creepo neighbor in her own yard.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Ralph Pootawn ()
Date: September 12, 2016 01:35PM

xG6KT Wrote:
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> What's the best plant to grow on the edge of your
> property to make an impenetrable barrier to keep
> people out?


Kudzu

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: mr green ()
Date: September 12, 2016 02:23PM

A type of arborvitae called Thuja Green Giant. Can be bought at a bunch of different sizes, depending on your budget. Grows very fast, 3-5 feet a year according to the site below. I would assume less, maybe 2' a year. Which is still fast. You could plant 3' tall ones about 6' apart and in a few years they'll fill in.

Good site for this sort of thing;
http://www.fast-growing-trees.com

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Fencemein ()
Date: September 12, 2016 02:58PM

^sounds like a cool tree but I don't have to water my fence.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: obvious choice ()
Date: September 12, 2016 03:12PM

Rose bushes are attractive and they are an effective barrier due to their thorns. Hawthorne is good as well.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: trix2 ()
Date: September 13, 2016 05:38PM


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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Giant Hogweed ()
Date: September 13, 2016 07:49PM

Giant Hogweed makes a good barrier plant. They grow over ten feet tall and have large clusters of ornamental white flowers to brighten your yard. Ask your local garden center if they can order seeds for you.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: blistexan ()
Date: September 13, 2016 09:55PM

In Europe they have declared Giant Hogweed persona non-gratis due to its invasive characteristics. Just do not go near it or touch it yourself, it is deadly!


http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/giant-hogweed-8-facts-you-must-know-about-the-toxic-plant/

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/hogweed.asp

Great for defense unless you have pets and kids.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: StewartMorrisonv ()
Date: June 22, 2020 08:28AM

The Pampas grass is amazing!

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: GavinHemmings ()
Date: June 22, 2020 08:29AM

Hi, I found these options on Google : Arborvitae (looks great), Bamboo (is one of the fastest growing in the world), Skip Laurel (blooms with beautiful white flowers and makes a beautiful 10-foot-tall privacy screen), etc. I would choose Arborvitae or Bamboo, because they look very beautiful and I liked them the most. For example, Arborvitae has thick evergreen foliage creates a great barrier, it tolerates most soil conditions, and it's cold hardy and low maintenance. But if you don't know how to take care of these plants, for this you can find a plant care and growing guide. I really like this guide, where you can find everything about plants and there are great pictures that make it easier to search.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2020 12:25PM by GavinHemmings.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: firethorn ()
Date: June 22, 2020 12:43PM

Firethorn or pyracantha has grows to create a terrific natural barrier with long extremely sharp thorns that can cause inflammation at the would site. Grow fruit berries and flowers and provide an effective barrier to human and animal traffic once grown in.

Working in the garden at my grandma's home in Arlington, VA she had a slew of these that I had to cut back several times a year. I constantly begged her to let me remove them entirely as they involved a significant amount of attention and you could not trim them without getting stuck by the thorns. I had tough leather gloves that were no match for the sharp thorns. You had to handle the cuttings carefully or suffer the burning and inflammation of the piercings on your hands and arms. Many air inflated balls fell victim to the plants when they were inadvertently kicked or thrown into the plants.

I will never allow such a bush to grow near my home, but a natural barrier of these buses would be effective against humans and animals alike. Birds do love the fruit/berries of the bush.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Cleetus ()
Date: June 22, 2020 02:09PM

I find strategically placed giant sticker Cactus tend to keep the hoodlum Niggers out of the yard.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Strategic Planting ()
Date: June 22, 2020 02:20PM

GavinHemmings Wrote:
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> Hi, I looked on Google and found these options:
> Arborvitae (looks great), Bamboo (is one of the
> fastest growing in the world), Skip Laurel (blooms
> with beautiful white flowers and makes a beautiful
> 10-foot-tall privacy screen), etc.


Problem with bamboo is that once you plant it you will spend the rest of your home ownership fighting it. So will your neighbors. The stuff is worse than kudzu. What you want is something that can create a difficult to penetrate barrier, but does not spread much or require too much work to maintain. Any large bush should do the trick. If you want you can run a low rail fence through the middle of it or behind it to make it even harder to get through. If there are rules against fences just tell people its simply a support for the bushes.

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Posted by: King midas in reverse ()
Date: June 22, 2020 11:24PM

I'm surprised nobody said holly bushes yet. You can shape them into a very nice continuous hedge.

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Posted by: Don't do bamboo ()
Date: June 22, 2020 11:33PM

DO NOT F*** AROUND WITH BAMBOO. You will never again not have bamboo growing in your yard. And I mean out in the middle. It doesn't just stay where you want it.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: How I did it ()
Date: June 23, 2020 08:05AM

Build a moat
Fill it with crocs, snapping turtles and electric eels
Access your property by drawbridge
Station sentries on all corners of your roofline
Arm your sentriesite
Construct a gantry around which they may patrol
Construct turrets for improved sight lines
Eradicate the surrounding area of trees, shrubs and brush
Kill anything that moves

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Clumping Bamboo ()
Date: June 23, 2020 09:45AM

Don't do bamboo Wrote:
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> DO NOT F*** AROUND WITH BAMBOO. You will never
> again not have bamboo growing in your yard. And I
> mean out in the middle. It doesn't just stay where
> you want it.

Clumping bamboo does not spread like that, but still grows just as fast and tall.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Marizza ()
Date: July 08, 2020 03:50AM

GavinHemmings Wrote:
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> Hi, I found these options on Google : Arborvitae
> (looks great), Bamboo (is one of the fastest
> growing in the world), Skip Laurel (blooms with
> beautiful white flowers and makes a beautiful
> 10-foot-tall privacy screen), etc. I would choose
> Arborvitae or Bamboo, because they look very
> beautiful and I liked them the most. For example,
> Arborvitae has thick evergreen foliage creates a
> great barrier, it tolerates most soil conditions,
> and it's cold hardy and low maintenance. But if
> you don't know how to take care of these plants,
> for this you can find a plant care and growing guide. I really like this guide, where
> you can find everything about plants and there are
> great pictures that make it easier to search.

Bamboo is my barrier from curious neighbors and I can say that it is the most excellent idea for my garden!

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Fort Knox Fairfax County ()
Date: September 22, 2020 05:09PM

Bamboo for the win. Clumping bamboo varieties are better. The bamboo will create a vision block and a nearly impenetrable barrier can be grown with brambles like wild rose, blackberry, and raspberry. You get to eat the berries as a bonus. I was originally planning to run coils of concertina wire inside the bamboo and brambles, but it has turned out to be totally unnecessary. The only way anyone can get through is with a machete. Wind some light guage wire through the brush as an alarm system to go off if the circuit is broken. Make sure your driveway has a gate and there is no way to go around or through the gate. Piezoelectric sensors on an inner or outer fence will detect when anyone tries to climb over and can trigger an alarm.

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Re: Best plant(s) for property barrier?
Posted by: Kimono ()
Date: October 06, 2020 11:14PM

It all depends on many factors. For instance, I decided to build a fence 6' high and plant Virginia creeper along with it. After a couple of years, I have a green barrier and it looks better than many other plants and bushes. Also, I want to make it look even more beautiful. I read some guides about outdoor solar lights and I'll definitely use them on my fence.

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