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I'd invest the money in some
of those lolly pop tree thingspleached trees. That way you still have the screen in winter. -
Dibs Spacehopper.
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I take it you can’t attach trellis to that fence and grow stuff up it?
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Those birches will fill out.
Would a climbin rose on that trellis screen the windows?
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How long are you planning on living there? If it isn't years and years I'd go with the bamboo.
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I wouldn't go hedge, you've got a perfectly decent fence which can be planted against. I'd go strategically placed tree or shrub and buy as big as you can afford (presuming you have side access!). We have a similar issue with the house behind and planted a silver birch (incoming hate from @Colin_the_Bald ) which even though deciduous, blocks enough of the sight line in winter to not feel overlooked. I'm a big fan of planting trees, it's turned our house into a place where I don't see us ever moving from because I couldn't bear to part with them. PLANT ALL THE TREES!
I also planted a 6ft pittosporum 'wrinkled blue' shrub which although evergreen is non-native but gives great texture and seems to be growing at a decent rate. Gets used as hedge in some countries but works great as a stand alone and should grow to 15-20ft.
ps. Add some hedgehog holes. x
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We want some screening plants at the back of our garden.
A local tree place recommended laurel plants and a neighbour has bamboo in a trough but are there any native alternatives that we should consider?
Something that will grow up and out quickly, and high enough to block the windows behind as far as possible? The developers who built the houses behind have put in silver birches and something else, possibly maple, but they aren't likely to do much in terms of privacy.
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