Hedging Screen?

hotjam

Hi. I'm looking for something to use as a screen for privacy in a small back garden. I bought 4 cupressocyparis excalibur but the screening is needed about 2 ft away from my neighbours house and I'm worried about the roots causing damage. Not to mention the amount of work needed to keep them under control. Does anyone have any ideas? It needs to be at least 10ft tall, eventually, and fairly dense and non damaging to close properties.
Thanks.

Mojisola

You won't get anything to grow 10ft tall that won't spread as well. As well as the root growth, your plant will be touching your neighbour's house unless they continually cut it back to the boundary.

blossomhill_2

What abvout some winter jasmine? It can be grown quite narrow and makes a good hedge - not sure you'd reach 10' but it would have a good try

Mojisola

blossomhill wrote: »

What abvout some winter jasmine? It can be grown quite narrow and makes a good hedge - not sure you'd reach 10' but it would have a good try

If you're willing to put up some trellis or fencing and grow plants up that, there are a lot of possibilities such a jasmine but I can't think of any freestanding plants that would grow to 10ft but have virtually no spread.

frankie

What about clump type bamboo?

wellused

10ft tall really?

hotjam

Thanks for the replies (well, most of them!), I will check out the winter jasmine.:beer:

frankie

bamboo link:

http://www.scottishbamboo.com/Fargesia_Robusta.htm

Leif

I wonder if a Clematis would do the job? Requires a support of course. My late mother had Jasmine growing along the eaves of her house. It was very nice.

blossomhill_2

hotjam wrote: »

Thanks for the replies (well, most of them!), I will check out the winter jasmine.:beer:

Or try some pleached photinia - won't be intrusive down low and will be nice and flat up high -possible downside is several of the leaves drop and need picking up - you can train it pleached yourself, otherwise expensive

Lifeforms

My parents used Living willow to create a little barrier (basically to stop the ex-neighbours having a gawp/film/perv whatever) whilst they were out supping the Tea. Height currently maybe 7foot, thin fence/hedge, and whilst not overly BLOCKED, they've now started to grow some sort of trellis typed flower plant (sorry, I'm very un-green-ed-fingered) on the bottom half to fill that section out. Moot point for them now, as the neighbours are ex but it still created a nice little shady section/divider for the garden.