07-11-2011, 05:01 AM
Areca palms might be close to a non maintenance type vegetative fence. They grow to about ten to fifteen feet high and fairly dense and don't spread real fast. You can't eat them, though. I'm a big fan of planting edible landscaping. You could plant coffee fairly close together and prune it when it is young so it will branch out and become a bush. Brazil cherry makes a dense shrubby tree, but that would get pretty tall, however it can be kept pruned to whatever height you like. Surinam cherry also can be made into a fairly nice hedge but it is a very sour cherry. Bananas make a pretty quick hedge and you can get them in all sorts of mature heights. The Chinese banana has large bunches of tasty bananas on a fairly sort trunk. Bananas are also fairly maintenance free once they are established. Be vary wary of most gingers and heliconia, those spread like crazy. They are great if you make a container for them to be in so they don't spread, though. And they can be found in many different mature heights.
"I like yard sales," he said. "All true survivalists like yard sales."
Kurt Wilson
Kurt Wilson
Kurt Wilson