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Sunday - June 13, 2010
From: Wylie, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Privacy Screening
Title: Trees for screen around pool near Dallas
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
I am looking for a native plant to use around a pool to provide screening (I am putting in a 12 ft tall set of flag poles to suspend a sun screen the HOA wants me to block the flag poles) I have 8 ft between the pool and the fence. What plants? Is 8 ft wide enough?ANSWER:
Well, a little wider would be better, but we'll see what we can find for you. If nothing else, you could build a trellis for vines that would screen your poles.
Here are several small native trees that should fit in the area:
Frangula caroliniana (Carolina buckthorn)
Cercis canadensis var. texensis (Texas redbud)
Viburnum rufidulum (rusty blackhaw)
Prunus mexicana (Mexican plum)
Ilex vomitoria (yaupon) This tree is evergreen.
Here are some evergreen vines:
Lonicera sempervirens (trumpet honeysuckle)
Bignonia capreolata (crossvine)
Gelsemium sempervirens (evening trumpetflower)
You can see more choices on our Texas-North Central Recommended list. You can also find a List of Native Plants for Landscape Use in Dallas–Ft. Worth on the webpage of the Collin County Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas.
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