Plants as privacy screens

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f-pNo

2016-08-05 09:29:20
  • #1
My house and yard gardener (wife - trained ornamental gardener) did not want cherry laurel, boxwood, privet, and especially no thuja (no idea if I spelled everything correctly). She advises against bamboo for everyone, as it needs an extreme amount of water and spreads everywhere (partly even through the root barriers).

She decided on three hedges:
1. A hedge of photinia. Depending on the nutrients in the soil (or sunlight), it has either green leaves or reddish leaves with us (I suspect these as reasons for the different colorations). It also forms very beautiful clusters/flower clusters. We planted this hedge to camouflage our L-stones as well as a fence guard (fall protection above the L-stones).
2. A flowering hedge that covers another fence and limits the view to undesirable neighbors. Since these neighbors have excavated their property, we could directly overlook the entire plot. Here, my wife selected various shrubs (e.g. lilac) that bloom at different times.
3. A fruit and flowering hedge for our beloved neighbors. This was planted together with the neighbors. It contains fruit plants such as raspberry, blueberry, and chokeberry. This was complemented by a few other plants like elderberry or lilac.

At the third boundary, the neighbors planted cherry laurel. The front part of the "boundary area" has not yet been planted. Here, when the time comes, photinia will be planted by us again.
 

Sebastian79

2016-08-05 10:10:15
  • #2
But there are bamboo species that do not spread - your wife should normally know that.
 

f-pNo

2016-08-05 10:22:46
  • #3


I can ask her when she’s back from her vacation. As far as I remember her argument, bamboo always grows toward water (due to high demand). But it’s a topic I don’t really deal with much. The choice of plants remains with my wife - I only have a monetary right to object.
 

ypg

2016-08-05 10:43:45
  • #4


All Fargesia species are said not to form rhizomes but to grow in clumps. And yes, they need a lot of water.
I believe the photinias are somewhat frost-sensitive in their young years.
Some people here have privets; there are some that keep their leaves even in winter.
 

Sebastian79

2016-08-05 11:53:06
  • #5
I could still offer blackberry - only hydrochloric acid can harm them, otherwise they spread better than cherry laurel

And completely undemanding - basically they need nothing.
 

f-pNo

2016-08-05 11:57:50
  • #6


Last autumn we bought 80 cm plants for 11 euros each. The last winter was quite mild (almost always the case here anyway). So that should mean the "early years" are probably over - I hope.
 

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