best headges for privacy and sound deadening?

[quadcam79]

long story short, we just moved to our new house at the end of Dec. my next door neighbor has a schitzo 20 something yr old daughter who is home 24/7 and blares the stereo constantly, i'm sitting here right now and I can ID the song from the bassline. It wouldnt be so annoying if it wasnt day after day

We're going to need to plant hedges along our yard and I was thinking boxwood would fill in better than anything and hopefully block some of the bass too. we have 435' of fence line so I need something that is fast growing and fills in a large area any suggestions aside from going over and smashing her stereo with a sledge hammer?

 

[patandchickens]

A solid fence, with a hedge on your side to look btter and block even more sound, would help. Wouldn't have to be along the whole 450+ feet of proprty line =, just the part that is actually between you and the stereo.

I wonder if box would be too slow-growing for your immediate needs, relative to other dense hedging materials. Dunno about your other Florida hedge options, alas.

Good luck,

Pat

 

[2468Gardeningisgr8]

Hello....My in laws have no fence in their back yard but they have good neighbours but for privacy they have planted a huge section of reed grass next to their deck.I call it reed grass I am not sure of the proper name. The plant grows to almost 6 feet tall and in the fall the stems harden almost like bamboo and turn hard and brown and sound really cool when the wind blows through them..The plant also had a plum on top which the birds like to eat and are neat in flower arrangements ..and in the winter it looks really beautiful with the snow...ooops not your problem I think.....I grew it in my old backyard for privacy to block the neighbours view from their porch because the fence was only 5ft.....worked great and they enjoyed it too..Its a perrenial and has to be cut back in the spring up here to regrow again......as for the noise a water feature would be nice to block out the noise something with a waterfall and I think a nice chat with the neighbours....I know I would like to know if it was my kids....have a good one...