Suggestions for Fast Growing Trees?

mufi

I need something fast growing (perhaps evergreen) to block my view of a new build at the bottom of my fairly long garden. Any suggestions, please?

Farway

Leylandi will do the job, and as you have long garden it will affect you

Try the golden version

How close is the boundary to the new build? You may have neighbour problems in a few years

Always boring old privet, you could just let it get on with it, no need to cut it if at end of long garden

lostinrates

Eucalyptus, for more delicate screening? ( not all are massive, and can be coppiced for height control) We are using a varieties of eucalyptus with some deciduous trees and slower growing broad leaf evergreens ( holm oak, holly, some clump bamboos) for denser seasonal screening.

Ash_McCloud

How tall does it need to be?

A laurel hedge might do the trick.. fast growing and evergreen.

Davesnave

Eucalyptus dalrympleana is the fastest growing tree I've ever had, and I mean from a standing start, with seed.

Not as oppressive as leylandii, and I agree with lostinrates that backed up with slower evergreens, like holm oak, they could eventually be replaced with something more manageable, coppiced, or thinned to leave a just couple of specimens.

Davesnave

Farway wrote: »

How close is the boundary to the new build? You may have neighbour problems in a few years.

I had leylandii in my old garden which was 90' long. I set them 25' back from the boundary so that there could be no neighbour issues, especially as I kept them trimmed to 15' -ish.

It was enough. Four and a bit metres gave plenty of privacy without wrecking my sunshine near the house. I did my 'less pretty' gardening behind them too.

zygurat789

Davesnave wrote: »

I had leylandii in my old garden which was 90' long. I set them 25' ' back from the boundary so that there could be no neighbour issues, especially as I kept them trimmed to 15' -ish.

It was enough. Four and a bit metres gave plenty of privacy without wrecking my sunshine near the house. I did my 'less pretty' gardening behind them too.

The hieght in the High Hedges Act is 6ft 6ins, but it really depends upon the direction of the sun if you had this to the south of your neighbours property then 25ins is nowhere near as far back as they should be.

Davesnave

zygurat789 wrote: »

The hieght in the High Hedges Act is 6ft 6ins, but it really depends upon the direction of the sun if you had this to the south of your neighbours property then 25ins is nowhere near as far back as they should be.

There was a typo in my post, which should have read 25', though it should be obvious, as I also said I did my less pretty gardening behind the hedge.

I don't think you could do a lot of gardening in a two foot gap behind a leyland cypress hedge! (though cyclamen and epimediums did well.)

In my post I was trying to indicate that a screen need not be so very high to give privacy or restrict anyone's sunlight to a huge extent.

Babafette

Photinia is evergreen, dense and relatively fast growing: the Red Robin variety can grow up to 1 foot a year and is often used on new housing developments.

I_have_spoken

Purchase pleached limes, beech or hornbeam slightly offset from the boundary with planting along the fence.

mufi

Very many thanks to you all - I'll shoot off and do some research on your suggestions.


Davesnave: I seem to recall from another thread that you've planted trees to block something or other on your land in the past - what did you actually plant? BTW, greatly enjoy all your posts; thanks.