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noise silencer plants #18122 September 16th, 2004 at 08:22 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 philippines L lee kai ling OP Junior Member
OP lee kai ling Junior Member L Joined: Sep 2004 philippines	hellow evryone!!!anyone hu knws abt plants that r used as silencer ...any1 hu knws??? tenx a lot _lee

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Re: noise silencer plants #18123 September 19th, 2004 at 05:26 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	Hello Lee kai ling, Welcome to The Garden Helper's Forum!! We are very glad you found us!!! Just so you know, I'm going to move your post and put it into an area that's a little more traveled thru by our gardener's and they may be able to help you a bit better in plants and flowers.... Weezie

Re: noise silencer plants #18124 September 19th, 2004 at 06:52 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	hi lee, you don't say where in the philippines you are at, and that will determine the plants available to you. but, just from my experience, i would say banana plants combined with some sampagita to fill in. if you are in baguio or somehwere like thta, then your choices will be different.

Re: noise silencer plants #18125 September 20th, 2004 at 10:22 PM
Joined: May 2004 California A Arctostaphylos Member
Arctostaphylos Member A Joined: May 2004 California	Well my two cents is this: sound travels in the air, if you want to stop sound then the air in which it is travling has to be redirected from the area in question. To use plants to stop sound takes A LOT of space (in excess of 100 feet) of dense plantings. However there is the psychological effect (which is very significant) that when one can not see the source of the noice the mind thinks it is quieter. To that end any dense planting will work. Good luck.

Re: noise silencer plants #18126 September 24th, 2004 at 08:26 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Northern Virginia, U.S.A. Bess of the Piedmont Member
Bess of the Piedmont Member Joined: Mar 2003 Northern Virginia, U.S.A.	I agree. Plus, a person could create an alternate pleasant noise to distract from the unpleasant noise, such as a gurgly fountain or wind chimes.

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