Backyard Aquaponics
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Not AP related...

My woolly bush fell over in December, it was on a verge that faces west so is exposed to sun all day and especially the last blast of PM sun, together with strong seabreeze winds.

I'm looking for a replacement that will hopefully

- screen the front yard from the road (ideally up to 4m high 2m wide)
- produce something useful (fruit, edible leaves etc)
- provide screening all year (ie evergreen)
- be reasonably drought tolerant (will get watered lightly from retic twice a week + the odd dash of AP water)
- be reasonably fast to establish (don't want to wait 7 years for a screen)

Anyone got any ideas? I was thinking either Lilly Pilly or Feijoa, though think the latter is slow to grow and some stuff I read on Lilly Pilly was that they liked sheltered positions.

Cheers
Matt

I like the idea of Feijoa. I have an Indian Guava out the front and it gets no water at all yet it's grown pretty well. Fruit are beautiful, VERY aromatic and plentiful. I don;t tend to eat them a lot, rather just stick them inside for the smell. Also leaves are supposed to be good for colds/flue, had a big Samoan knock on my door one night asking if he could pick some leaves because his daughter had a cold and that's what they used back home.

Thanks Joel - does it cop the wind in that position?

NOt a huge amount, well not the sea breeze.. Gets the hot easterlies.

Cool - they're probably worse than the seabreeze anyhow.