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This is just one reason why we planted buckwheat and sage. Needs basically no water, and creates a nice hedge along the front yard border that is now trying to be about 8' tall. I have to keep trimming them back down to the 7' that I want them.
Note we picked these plants because they are native to the area, if you don't live in the SW US, there are much better hedge plants you can use.
how well do the roots deal with pipes? i have some need for a natural border here in new england and some stuff looks nice but will wreck my sewer piping.
I don't know, there weren't any sewage lines near the front of my property, and as far as we can tell all the plants a growing towards the swales we dug to capture what limited rain we do get.
is there some kind of map resource that lists native plants for given areas? it's kentucky blue far as the eye can see everywhere i go