Please can someone advise on some evergreen trees that will provide us some privacy and don’t cost a fortune!? Any privacy ideas would be great as we have lots of new build windows looking in
Suggest you provide some info on your location ( roughly ), the aspect, type of soil and size of area you wish to cover. A photo or 2 if possible ? That will help people to offer suitable advice
We have clay soil but trying to dig out and replace as much as possible. We live on an estate so lots of windows looking in, north facing garden but it does get the sun a lot of the day
You'd need to give us an idea of the size of the space as @philippasmith2 says. Anything big enough to form a large enough screen, will also grow outwards - giving the problem @arossrob describes. The best solution is to bring a screen - even if that's a man made one, further forward into the garden, so that the perspective is altered, and the plants can then be smaller. If the garden is small, that's more difficult. The easiest solution in a big garden though.
Also - it won't be instant. Shrubs and trees take years to get to a suitable size for screening windows - even windows at a lower level. You can shorten that timescale by buying large established trees, [wrong time of year for that unless you're in a consistently wet area of the country] but you need the knowledge and experience to get them established and then give them the right care once that happens. They don't stop growing at a convenient size.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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That will help people to offer suitable advice
The best solution is to bring a screen - even if that's a man made one, further forward into the garden, so that the perspective is altered, and the plants can then be smaller.
If the garden is small, that's more difficult. The easiest solution in a big garden though.
Also - it won't be instant. Shrubs and trees take years to get to a suitable size for screening windows - even windows at a lower level. You can shorten that timescale by buying large established trees, [wrong time of year for that unless you're in a consistently wet area of the country] but you need the knowledge and experience to get them established and then give them the right care once that happens. They don't stop growing at a convenient size.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...