Having pulled down a few hundred feet of rusted and bent chain link and old, rotted, and dangerous wooden stockade fencing, I am left with no privacy shield or visual markers of my property lines (as well as a view of my neighbors' cruddy fences). I would like to replace the non-living fences with something that is alive.
Ideally, I'd like to plant some hedges that are:
1) Quick to mature.
2) Dense.
3)
Native (to Long Island) or at least non-invasive.
4) Pollinator, wildlife, and child friendly. (Not worried about
deer in the
yard.
)
5) Not too tall at maturity. Town regulations limit height of hedges in front of the house to 4 feet and 6 feet on the side. Regs are seldom enforced, but why be the test case, right?
6) Reasonably priced and readily available.
Yeah, I know, that's a big wish list and I don't expect to find something that meets every point on the list, but I can hope.