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From: Richard McMorris City: Libertyville, IL
We are proposing to use a mix of red and yellow dogwood shrubs to provide a screen adjacent to a split rail fence and bike path. What plant spacing shoud we use? We will be planting 3' container plants.
	Extension Message From: Richard Hentschel Extension Educator, Horticulture DuPage/Kane/Kendall Unit hentsche@illinois.edu
These dogwoods are going to grow to be at least 6 feet wide and high. If the desire is to make a screen quickly, plant at 5-6 foot spacings. If you want to allow the plants to develope a fuller size before they grow into one another add another foot or more to 7-8 feet apart. Shrub dogwoods grow rapidaly once established.
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