Paces Funding Blog North Carolina Evergreens For Hedges And Screens

Are you looking for North Carolina evergreens for hedges and screens for your rental home? Certain evergreens do very well in North Carolina. Here's a few that work well that you might consider for your rental property. One of the best hedges for North Carolina are holly varieties. Nellie Stevens, Oakleaf, Festive, Needlepoint and Robin all look nice with dark green leaves all year. In the fall and through the winter, they each produce red berries. They aren't slow growers either. They grow at a moderate rate and work well as either a hedge or a screen. Grow them in sunny to partly shade areas with well drained soil. The spartan juniper and emerald arborvitae can both grow up to 15 feet tall, but only grow between three to four feet wide. These work perfectly for narrow spaces like side yards as a screen. If you have sandy soil, choose the spartan juniper. If you have moist soil, choose the Emerald Arborvitae. If you'd prefer a flowering evergreen for your North Carolina rental property, check out Sasanqua like Setsugekka. That grows to ten feet tall and has beautiful pink buds that open in the winter into white blossoms. These work best in sandy, sunny parts of your rental property. If you need something that's salt tolerant, the majestic beauty variety of Indian hawthorn will do well. Just be mindful that this might not work well if you have deer on your rental property, because it's a favorite of deer. If you need fast screening and your rental property has sandy soils, wax myrtle might work, provided your North Carolina rental property isn't in an area that sees hurricane damage. Wax myrtle tends to break apart during [...]