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Privacy screen options

1st4loven38A3d_O1st4loven38A3d_O Posts: 4
edited June 2023 in Problem solving
Just wondering what if anything i can plant to give some privacy along my driveway. There isn’t much space probably 10 inches which is at present hardcore & soil that i will need to dig out.

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  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    What about some non invasive bamboo ? 
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Have you dismissed the option of a fence?  Whatever you plant there is going to struggle due to lack of root space and would not reach sufficient height to give you much privacy. Another option could be a raised bed to the height of your neighbour’s drive which would enable you to grow something narrow or easily trimmed like a hedge of Euonymus Green Pillar or similar. 
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  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872


    Easier to see what you are dealing with now.  :)
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    It won't give privacy but Campanula Portenschlagiana would fill the gap. Any plant with height would need room for it's roots which you don't have.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I agree - there isn't a lot of room there to successfully establish anything, unless you wait until autumn and get some bare root hedging - and a type which can be kept very very narrow. Even then, you may regret putting anything there beside the drive area because of access to your car. 
    The only other alternative is a fence or simple screen of some kind, and a climber planted at 'this end' of your pic, and trained along it. There are smaller flowered clematis which would do the job, and they don't need the rich soil and watering that the large flowered ones need. The site would still need some attention before planting, re the soil, and until established properly.
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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Privacy of what, from whom?  Any sight-barrier must be at eye level.  It looks like the sort of situation where the architects didn't expect to offer privacy.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    My main concern would be the danger of someone on your NDN’s driveway slipping/tripping or losing their balance and falling down off the ‘ledge’. I think there should be barrier there for safety, let alone for privacy! 😲

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  • 1st4loven38A3d_O1st4loven38A3d_O Posts: 4
    Planting something would be preferable to a fence due to it being open plan.

    UnPlantminded said:
    Have you dismissed the option of a fence?  Whatever you plant there is going to struggle due to lack of root space and would not reach sufficient height to give you much privacy. Another option could be a raised bed to the height of your neighbour’s drive which would enable you to grow something narrow or easily trimmed like a hedge of Euonymus Green Pillar or similar. 

  • 1st4loven38A3d_O1st4loven38A3d_O Posts: 4
    The low wall was presumably put up by my neighbour who’s driveway is slightly higher than ours. Maybe i could erect a fence on safety grounds ?
    Dovefromabove said:
    My main concern would be the danger of someone on your NDN’s driveway slipping/tripping or losing their balance and falling down off the ‘ledge’. I think there should be barrier there for safety, let alone for privacy! 😲

  • 1st4loven38A3d_O1st4loven38A3d_O Posts: 4
    The same reason most people want fences or screens. For instance my cctv system has privacy settings to prevent me looking at my neighbours comings and goings. In a similar fashion i want to take control of my own privacy on my own land from curtain twitching!
    The architect was never going to live here so wasn’t concerned about privacy.

    bédé said:
    Privacy of what, from whom?  Any sight-barrier must be at eye level.  It looks like the sort of situation where the architects didn't expect to offer privacy.

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