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Tall 4mts all year foliage

paul.craytonpaul.crayton Posts: 3
in Garden design
Thanks to my neighbor building a Workshop/Garage and office I have lost a beautiful view overlooking field and nature reserve. 
Can anyone suggest any flowering/evergreen up 4mts high other than Bamboo.

Many thanks Paul

  

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  • paul.craytonpaul.crayton Posts: 3
    Thanks Treeface any particular one in mind?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I put this one on for someone else today 

    Solanum Crispum glasnevin will cover a fence in a single season,  cut down in Spring it will grow very quickly, I had to dig mine out, with a pick axe😀 much too big, but will suit your 6’ fence.   Seems to grow anywhere and in any soil. 

    Semi evergreen and nice purple flowers. 
    Heres the one I dug out.  I cut it down to about 18” every year and still got this much growth. 
    Bought in Morrison for about 1.50.  It had only been in the  ground for about 3 years. 
    Lots of google images showing bigger ones. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's going to take a while for anything to get big enough to disguise that completely.
    A screen/pergola with climbers would be better. It's a common query on the forum, and single specimens are rarely the best solution.
    The solanum isn't reliably hardy here, so it depends where you are.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • paul.craytonpaul.crayton Posts: 3
    Lyn said:
    I put this one on for someone else today 

    Solanum Crispum glasnevin will cover a fence in a single season,  cut down in Spring it will grow very quickly, I had to dig mine out, with a pick axe😀 much too big, but will suit your 6’ fence.   Seems to grow anywhere and in any soil. 

    Semi evergreen and nice purple flowers. 
    Heres the one I dug out.  I cut it down to about 18” every year and still got this much growth. 
    Bought in Morrison for about 1.50.  It had only been in the  ground for about 3 years. 
    Lots of google images showing bigger ones. 

    Wow Lyn this is a quick grower just what I'm looking for and should be ideal for our climate in sunny Coventry. Thanks for posting.
    Paul :)  
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    That's a really good idea, Lyn!

    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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