• 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.

  • How long are you planning on living there? If it isn't years and years I'd go with the bamboo.

  • Years, hopefully. We've moved to a street that people move from into retirement homes or graveyards and so all being well we'd be here to see the hedge mature.

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