The raised beds against the pale wall

I already own this. Where should it go?

The same reasoning read backwards. Every spot you have marked, ranked against what this plant actually needs — including the answer that nowhere here suits it, which is cheaper to hear now than in three years.

You already own it

The classic answer to a sightline when there is no room for a hedge.

Nowhere on this property suits narrow upright evergreen screen. That is a real answer, not a failure to find one, and it is cheaper to hear it now than in three years.

What would have to change

  • The ground stays wet longer than this tolerates. Raising the root zone is usually cheaper and far more reliable than trying to make the ground below drain.
  • Reflected heat off the paving or a wall is above what this takes. Either move it off the hard surface or change the surface.
  • This spot stays wet well past what this group survives in winter.

Every spot on the plan, ranked

In the bed

wrong place

About 38.4 moles a day, against a minimum of 8 and an ideal of 22.

  • Moisture: This spot sits wetter than this group tolerates. Wet feet kill far more plants than cold does.
  • Light: About 38.4 moles a day against an ideal of 22. There is no stated ceiling for this group, but that is a lot more light than it is built for.
  • Reflected heat: Surfaces here reach about 137°F. A container in that is a watering commitment, not a planting decision.
This spot stays wet well past what this group survives in winter.

Examples of what this group covers, not recommendations: Columnar hornbeam; Italian cypress in mild dry climates; Upright yew in cool climates. What is right in one region is a weed in the next, and only a nursery that can see the site knows which.

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