Landscaping Help, Aspen Trees Specifically

[JohnTRourke]

Hey guys, I just bought a lot to build on and would also appreciate some good tree advice. We have a pretty big budget for trees ($5000) because we value our privacy and we value wind protection, noise protection, and nice trees. What sort of trees do the best in Colorado and provide good protection from wind, noise, and the ugly house next door?

it's too broad of question.
Where do you want trees?
how big is the lot?
where is the house on the lot?
what's the soil like?
how does the land lay?
how much room between them?
how much room between them and the house?/barns/septic/powerlines
where are you physically located (trees that do well at 5000 feet may not do so well at 7000 feet)
what's your time frame?
deciduous or evergreeen?
how are you going to get water to them? (now and in the future)

$5,000 is about 10 reasonable sized trees (2" or so)
shrubs are $50 each (more or less)
mulch is ??????
water is ?????????

[HoneyBadger]

it's too broad of question.
Where do you want trees?
how big is the lot?
where is the house on the lot?
what's the soil like?
how does the land lay?
how much room between them?
how much room between them and the house?/barns/septic/powerlines
where are you physically located (trees that do well at 5000 feet may not do so well at 7000 feet)
what's your time frame?
deciduous or evergreeen?
how are you going to get water to them? (now and in the future)

$5,000 is about 10 reasonable sized trees (2" or so)
shrubs are $50 each (more or less)
mulch is ??????
water is ?????????

Thanks for the response. I didn't know there was so much to consider! it's a 9000 sq ft lot and we aren't allowed to have a privacy fence, so the trees will be a "fence" providing us with noise and wind protection, along with providing us some privacy from the neighbors.

I guess most of your questions above don't really need to be answered right now, but I was more looking for which trees to consider to meet those needs.

[JohnTRourke]

Thanks for the response. I didn't know there was so much to consider! it's a 9000 sq ft lot and we aren't allowed to have a privacy fence, so the trees will be a "fence" providing us with noise and wind protection, along with providing us some privacy from the neighbors.

I guess most of your questions above don't really need to be answered right now, but I was more looking for which trees to consider to meet those needs.

so, you want more of a hedge?????
what about a juniper?, green all year, fill in nicely, create nice rows between houses, etc, require pretty much zero care, once you water them.

skyrocket juniper is one that comes to mind, narrow and tall, grows quickly.