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October 9, 2009 <br />Natural Visions Landscape Design, Inc. <br />Mark A. Hauri <br />400 N. Robert St. <br />Suite 250 <br />St. Paul, MN 55101 <br />NATURAL <br />V i S iO N S <br />lA t"'DSCAPE OE.SIGN <br />RE: COLUMNAR BUCKTHORN HEDGE AT 3382 BAYSIDE RD. <br />City of Orono <br />PC fxl°'ibit L /1 <br />RE CEIVE D <br />OCT 1 2 2009 <br />CITY OF ORONO <br />We are recommending that the existing hedge around the property at 3382 Bayside Road not be removed. <br />The existing hedge plant material is Columnar Buckthorn. It was planted for screening from Bayside and <br />Crestview Road and is manicured multiple times per year to maintain its shape and height to provide <br />excellent screening for the property. Replacing this hedge with new plant materials would be very costly <br />and it would take years to grow to a comparable size and density. <br />Columnar Buckthorn was an ornamental plant that was sold in Minnesota and is still sold in other areas of <br />the country as such and in the late 1980s and early 1990s many companies installed this form of <br />buckthorn for hedges like this one. Although Columnar Buckthorn still produces some fruit and will <br />spread via the root system (especially when cut down), it tends to produce less fruit than Common <br />Buckthorn especially when multiple trimmings are done to it throughout a growing season ; as it is at this <br />site. Furthermore, used as a screening hedge like this application, it is and will be maintained on both <br />sides with lawn maintenance and gardening. This will stop any spread of new shoots from the roots, as <br />demonstrated by the fact the Columnar Buckthorn used for this hedge has not spread even though the <br />hedge has been in place for many years. <br />Please review the attached pictures of the hedge on site. <br />Sincerely, <br />~Jc"L- <br />Mark A. Hauri <br />Principal Designer and Founder