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I want to cover the back fence overlooking the caravan site,any tips for fast growing evergreens or climbers would be great.



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Very nice blank pallet there. How much shade does the tree cast on the border?

7 Jan, 2012

 

Not to much severnside I try to keep it cut back in summer.

7 Jan, 2012

 

How quickly
do you want a full screen? ASAP or in time? I would possibly look into a dark foil of
screening plants with colour in front. That way you could choose quick growers that would be dense and trimmable and the pretty stuff wouldn't then be restricted to evergreen. But I'm not suggesting it be a 'row of soldiers' of conifers ;)

7 Jan, 2012

 

Thank you severnside,will take your advice on board,really greatful thanks again Kev.

7 Jan, 2012

 

Where is it turned to? I mean, is it North, East, West, South?

9 Jan, 2012

 

Top of pic West Kat, bottom east, right north,& left south.

9 Jan, 2012

 

I am sure as time goes on, you may go through a lot of our pictures on here, there should be some great ideas to be got from a lot of them. Good luck!.

25 Jan, 2012

 

Kev, I am a fan of Eucalyptus, but you do have to prune them every year. I also use a lot of Pineapple Broom...Cytisus Battandieri, which is a semi-evergreen with gorgeous silvery leaves and scented yellow flowers. It isn't fully hardy, but has been perfectly fine here on the East Coast of Scotland over the past two winters. It may be defoliated in a winter like last year, but it will recover in the spring. It doesn't grow dense, so doesn't cast shade, and it is a beautiful plant to grow. I have exactly the same problem as you except mine is houses rather than caravans! Another good fast growing evergreen is Cotoneaster Exburiensis with lovely yellow berries in the autumn. The blackbirds love them. You can also get a red berried Cotoneaster that will do the same job for you. They are denser and hold their leaves better than the Cytisus in a cold spell. Photinia has also proved itself very useful and the new one...Phoninia 'Pink Marble' is gorgeous, with pink, red and white on it's new growth. Buddleias also very fast growing and the butterflies adore them of course! Hope that's given you some ideas....oh, for a fence cover plant, you can't beat Solanum Crispum Glasnevin with the lovely blue and yellow flowers in the summer and again, semi-evergreen. Another fast growing climber is Akebia Quinata, the chocolate vine, but not evergreen, sadly, although it will hold leaves in a mild winter. Some of the honeysuckles are virtually evergreen and my Lonicera 'Gold Flame' is still growing in January...I just noticed new leaves on it today! There is also a thornless evergreen Blackberry...which produces tasty fruit and has lovely evergreen foliage...it is a bit of a rampant grower, but then you might appreciate that for your fence. Finally, bamboo is very useful for screening, just make sure you get a clumper rather than a spreader! :))

26 Jan, 2012



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