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Screening/Hedging help

ElsaBElsaB Posts: 2
edited December 2020 in Problem solving
Hello, I’m looking for some advice please. My neighbours have raised their garden height and added a veranda to the rear of their house. This means that our 2 metre high fence is no longer adequate in terms of privacy. 
We would like to add a hedge to completely screen the veranda however we are unsure what type of plant to use. The whole area is 300cm wide x 290cm high (from ground level to top of veranda roof). 
We would like an instant hedge and seems as most hedging plants are supplied as max 180-200cm high, our initial idea was to install a raised sleeper bed to boost the ground height and then add a row of conifers or other hedging so that the full height is achieved. However, our garden is north facing and this west side is a wind tunnel, so we’re not sure what type of hedging to get, or whether this would even work.
I’d be really grateful of any suggestions as it’ll be relatively expensive to do and I don’t want to get it wrong. 
Thanks

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Unfortunately your border is not wide enough to support a hedge and I would strongly advise against it. I think it would be better to put a horizontal trellis on top of the fence and then train one climber along it. It would be much cheaper as well.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree ... a strip of sturdy trellis and some clematis will do the job perfectly and be quicker and cheaper. 
    Clematis alpina are a useful type as they need little pruning so will cover the space all year round. 
    Don’t be tempted to try a Montana ... it’ll be much too vigorous and heavy and cause problems. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ElsaBElsaB Posts: 2
    Thank you for the advice. We had a trellis further up the garden, but this side of the house is a wind tunnel and it was torn down in a storm. 
    I can look to make the border wider to accommodate a hedge though. 
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