Shrub ideas for chicken wire fence

louisepyne · April 2018

Hi, looking for some help please. We have a gap along a metal chicken wire fence between us and our neighbours and would like to put some shrubs in to give us some privacy. We don't want anything that grows too big but something that will give us some colour or colour & flowers and doesn't require too much pruning etc., The spot gets both sunshine and shade during the day. Many thanks.

Lizzie27 · April 2018

You could try a Class 3 viticella clematis which would twine along the fence, but can be pruned right down in the late winter. Polish Spirit is a lovely very vigorous purple flowered variety. The evergreen clematis "Freckles" is also good, flowering in the winter.

Another choice might be an evergreen honeysuckle. You probably need a plant which will weave along the fence but won't encroach too much on the neighbours side. Another idea might be to fix a bamboo/willow/brushwood screen to the wire fence and then you could plant other small bushes in front of it.

louisepyne · April 2018

Thank you hadn't thought of a clematis - just had a look at clematis 'Freckles' looks lovely. Also good idea re fixing a screen to fence and planting in front of as this is our neighbours fence and hopefully they will be putting a proper fence in at some stage.

Beaus Mum · April 2018

My vote goes with honeysuckle 😊

Fire · April 2018

At Taylor's Clematis, you can choose from a wide variety, and maybe chose a few, depending on colour, height, sun level, scent and how often you prune it etc. The side bar on the left of their web page lets you chose the filter. The sell evergreen varieties, ones that flower Dec-Feb and at all different periods during the year. Quite an amazing range. The early flowering ranges (Dec-March) require no pruning. Those that flower later are cut back in the spring.

I also thought of a climbing fuchsia, if that's your thing. Full on colour from June to the first frost.

Shrub ideas for chicken wire fence

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