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ᐅ Which type of hedge is suitable for privacy screening?

Created on: 8 Jun 2017 12:36
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Von Anstetten
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Hello everyone, our single-family house is now finished, and from the very large and long kitchen window, we look directly onto the very ugly house and the neglected garden of our neighbor.

There is 3m (10 feet) of space, about 2m (6.5 feet) of which will be paved. I am at a loss as to what would be suitable, and also visually appealing, without taking up too much space. Hedges seem not tall enough, or do they just take a long time to grow?

Thank you very much!
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ypg8 Jun 2017 21:09
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Garden with green lawn, dense hedge, trees, and house in the background.


Garden with round glass table and metal chair, hedge in front of house, ornamental grass in the foreground.
Regards, Yvonne
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Bieber08158 Jun 2017 23:00
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We will also plant European beech at the back. On the side, we have created a colorful hedge:

Purple dogwood
Cornus alba 'Sibirica'

Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Lady in Red' -R-

Winter viburnum
Viburnum bodnantense 'Charles Lamont'

Strawberry Deutzia
Deutzia hybrida 'Strawberry Fields'

Japanese spirea Snowmound
Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'

Golden privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium 'Aureum'

Yellow-variegated weigela
Weigela florida 'Brigela' -R-

Double-flowered mock orange
Philadelphus 'Schneesturm'

White corymb spirea
Spiraea cinerea 'Grefsheim'

Weigela Bristol Ruby
Weigela 'Bristol Ruby'

Personally, I don’t like cherry laurel or arborvitae either.
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Maria169 Jun 2017 07:13
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Bieber, I looked up some of the shrubs and immediately found a lot of options that I already like but didn’t know the names of.

Now I just need to save your list in a way that I can easily find it again when working on our garden layout.
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Barossi9 Jun 2017 07:51
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77.willo schrieb:
Bamboo from the Fargesia family does not spread aggressively at all. Personally, I would avoid planting any other families.

Great plant, I think I’ll buy a "shrub" of it and put it in a large pot.
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Knallkörper9 Jun 2017 08:01
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What does it mean that it doesn’t spread aggressively? Does it not grow quickly in width? At the current growth rate, I imagine it needs to be heavily pruned twice a year, right?
77.willo9 Jun 2017 08:29
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It does not produce underground shoots that emerge from the ground several meters away. It always grows new shoots directly from the plant itself. You will need to prune it once a year after reaching the desired height. If it becomes too wide, you can cut back the plant and start a new bamboo...