I regret the columnar aspens now, they are too goddamn tall now, soon we will have to start hiring someone to clean our eavestroughs every year, they are vulnerable to disease, they have short lives, and I will probably have to pay someone to take them down before I die.
That said, I am not sure there are any other options. I am surprised Fuzz has gotten cedars to survive, I thought they had to be covered in winter. I am in a colder, windier area of the city, so I don't think they would have worked here. Columnar scotch pines are something I'd wondered about, but they are expensive and slow growing, and I don't think I've seen a real life example of them used as a privacy screen.
Best of luck!
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