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Correct plants for privacy required
Our neighbour has converted his bungalow to a house that now overlooks our garden. Several strategically placed plants at the end of our garden would help get our privacy back. Evergreen would be best but would need to be fast growing and around 8 Meters high eventually.
We garden on poor sandy slightly acid soil that is around 300mm deep.
Eucalyptus is my first thought but have been told they can get out of hand
Any help and suggestions please?
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Anything that grows to 8m high could get out of hand. It's also likely to be too big a tree to be close to the house unless you have a really large garden.
I'd agree with fidget Steve. Anything growing that quickly also gets out of hand quickly and you'd constantly be pruning and managing it.
If you want trees at the end, you'll have to be prepared for them to take their time growing to a suitable size for privacy. A hedge would be a better alternative but heights also have to be reasonable in a residential area. Smaller trees closer to you rather than at the end of the garden help to manage a view, but the success of that depends on the length of your garden.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Trouble is that trees that grow to 8 metres, usually don't stop there. Eucalyptus also shed lots of leaves that can get to be a nuisance.
Thank you for your replies, I'll take on board all your comments and give it a lot of thought before committing to a eucalyptus. There are very large laurels in abundance in this area, so they could be suitable, maybe I'll take few cuttings from them while I decide.
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