Neighbour attaches trellis to my side of fence?

sheramber

Put up your fence or screening to block out the view of her honeysuckle.

Bamboo screening may go with your garden look.

bouicca21

I like lonicera ...

I vote Money and Upsy get together for afternoon tea and a chat about neighbours. Money says she wants a more interesting garden so Upsy could teach her how to grow exotic hardy tropicals.

And please Dafty - how do you grow lemons in the UK? I'd love to but don't have a greenhouse or anywhere to bring one in for the winter.

andrewf75

Upsy_Daisy1 wrote: »

I do not have a border dispute, the fence was put up on the line of the previous fence, neither of us have lost any garden. My niggle is this god, awful homemade trellis has been erected using the post which are my side of the fence, the plant instead of climbing up the fence is now climbing over the fence into my garden and up the trellis that is in my garden.
I am a gardener, she is not! I have a very unusual garden I grow hardy tropicals and have an arid bed with cactus and agaves. Honeysuckle growing up a trellis in her garden is no problem but it is in my garden as it does not give the right look!

Can't quite get my head around this. The honeysuckle growing up the trellis IS in her garden surely? The fact that the trellis is fixed to posts that are on your side doesn't make it in your garden. As for the right look, you can cut off any honeysuckle that comes down your side of the fence/trellis.

DaftyDuck

New planting regime might be ideal?

DaftyDuck

bouicca21 wrote: »

I like lonicera ...

I vote Money and Upsy get together for afternoon tea and a chat about neighbours. Money says she wants a more interesting garden so Upsy could teach her how to grow exotic hardy tropicals.

And please Dafty - how do you grow lemons in the UK? I'd love to but don't have a greenhouse or anywhere to bring one in for the winter.

Well, I'm mid-move, so things aren't ideal, but my miniature (4 foot) lemons, kumquat, limes, chinotto, oranges and various others are outside in a Norfolk downpour at the moment. They'll (hopefully) be in their new home in about four weeks (solicitor and sheep willing; it's ... complex :rotfl:). They'll have a south-west wall for shelter for the first few weeks, but they'll not have a conservatory this winter - too much else to do first, like stop the leaks, and get some heating for us.... Winter cold isn't a huge problem; damp is. So, if you can give them temporary shelter from rain or settling snow, it's worth a shot in a sheltered place. A polythene tent can suffice.

I do have to admit, moving from a south-coast sea-view walled garden to a Norfolk farm may not be ideal for citrus... But I do have quite a bit more space... and a stunning view... and I will "own" my own Marsh Harriers! (as if... )!

Maybe Money & Upsy should buy bordering properties... we could sell tickets, or TV rights!

I_have_spoken

Pop over to GardenLaw, this sort of thing is meat and drink to them.

OK, it's annoying but at the end of the day the neighbour had paid for the fence, although been a bit cheeky in attaching trellis but it's not worth kicking-off over.

Far better to 'catch' the neighbour in the garden and ask about their plans for planting and if you could add some plants from your side.

Davesnave

Upsy_Daisy1 wrote: »

I am a gardener, she is not! I have a very unusual garden I grow hardy tropicals and have an arid bed with cactus and agaves. Honeysuckle growing up a trellis in her garden is no problem but it is in my garden as it does not give the right look!

With honeysuckle being quite vigorous, surely it wouldn't matter which side of the fence the trellis was erected, you'd still see it, in all its mildewed glory.

Perhaps you could paint a trompe d'oeil of a desert scene on an sheet or two of exterior ply and mount that in front of the offensive trellis and its inappropriate lonicera?