[spankalib]

RE wind breaks (& maybe a little of that landscape architecture stuff), when I lived in the tidewater area in Virginia, I planted Leland Cypress for a visual screen.

Extremely fast growing! I would fertilize the heck out of them...they'd shoot up - and turn a little yellow, but then I'd just spray them with iron, and they'd green right up.

All the while shooting up like gangbusters. Planted a lot of firethorn too - they were gorgeous & a good 'barrier' plant.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks for that addition! :)