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Ideas for this hedge to hide house!

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  • It's worthwhile remembering some tips about illusion and perspective - trees with large leaves and a solid appearance will appear nearer than trees with smaller leaves and a more delicate form.  This means that something like laurel or loquat will make the boundary seem closer to the office window, making the garden smaller and oppressive.  

    The previous gardener started well using silver birch - they make the boundary appear further away and consequently the house seems to be at some distance.  I would add more of the same or similar - they will filter the view rather than replace a red wall with a green one. 


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





  • Eucalyptus is light like Birch but evergreen, they grow fast and are a good light screen, smell lovely in winter. Do have a snapping problem in strong winds due to that rapid growth though!

  • I agree with the birch suggestions. I would also suggest that you plant at least one multi-stemmed birch - which are very beautiful (Jermyns is a good variety with lovely bright white bark) and avoid the boring 'line of trees' effect. They will also have foliage lower down than single stemmed trees. You can also get lovely birches with peachy  orangey bark (if you want a bit of variety) The overall effect of a variety of birches with single and multi-stems with the brick to set them off would be lovely, combined with the ideas for some nearer planting by nutcutlet and Bob the Gardener. You could underplant the birches with low growing evergreens such as euonymus or evergreen shrubby honeysuckle and/or hellebores to draw the eye to the ground with lovely foliage with beautiful birch stems rising out of it.

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