Good luck with the timber delivery, hubby has just built a pergola,B and Q, homebase, Wickes,had all run out of wood. He went to the builders merchants,they said because if forest fires in America,they have snapped up the wood due to be exported here
Ok, and I see you have already thought about drainage, our posts crossed! Re evergreen, one plant that really works well for me as an evergreen screen is Nandina Domestica, aka ‘heavenly bamboo’. Right height range, maybe a bit taller. Elegant shrub, lovely winter colour and bright red berries... I’ll see if I can find the photo..
Found a winter shot, mostly green in summer. I have four in a 3m planter, two showing here:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
In theory they are mildly poisonous, but a dog would have to eat a hell of a lot of them to get sick. Animals tend to have an inbuilt mechanism to recognise what not to eat. If a dog snuffles one or two up, they lose interest. They don’t taste nice. My two hounds have never touched them. They are far more likely to chomp something vile out on walkies than in your garden. I vaguely recall there is a sterile version that doesn’t produce berries if you are really worried. But I wouldn’t be.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Thanks for all the suggestions, I’ll have to have a good look tomorrow.
Nanny beach, I’m a technician at a container terminal and our dog is usually pretty good but throws in the occasional surprise by eating something obscure!!
Not sure grasses will do the job we are looking for, really want the height and evergreen, may have to compromise.
Looking through all the suggestions and I happened across a holly called sky pencil, quite pricey but seems to fit the Bill. Does anyone have any experience with it?
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