Suggestions on hiding extension

Mickygg

Which way is sun facing? Is the neighbour cutting it because he doesn't want the sun being blocked? If so you risk them cutting back whatever you plant.
I would definitely go for planting things further forward from the fence so the neighbours can't touch it! It will make your garden space smaller but depends what's worse, smaller garden or looking at the eyesore.

AdrianC

The lousy photo isn't particularly helpful...

Does their extension actually reach the boundary fence?
If so, then how are they cutting the plant, if it's just hiding the extension?

1886

Thanks for the replies. I'll try and be more specific about the buddleia

My neighbour has reached over my fence and behind the extension and cut two branches off the buddleia. I actually have a photo of the two pieces that have been cut off as when I looked out of the back bedroom window I could see them placed on top of a wheelie bin.

I have twice already adjusted the buddleia with some ties as I don't want it leaning down on to my garden, I've just planted some grass seed that needs light and rain.

I've got no problem with speaking to the neighbour, as said above I had to before ref the builders dropping stuff in to the flower beds. They are approachable enough but I'd rather not have to but something needs to be said IMO.

The buddleia was 100% not hanging in to their garden just to clear things up. I like the suggestion of some type of trellis which is pretty much along the lines of what I found on google earlier so I'm going to have a look in to something like this but on a smaller scale:

1886

AdrianC wrote: »

The lousy photo isn't particularly helpful...

Does their extension actually reach the boundary fence?
If so, then how are they cutting the plant, if it's just hiding the extension?

I planted a buddleia last year which has started to grow up this year but the neighbour in question has reached round and cut two pieces off it

Try reading the initial post before you reply in future.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

He didn't say it wasn't overhanging, he said it wasn't on their property.

Well what else could it mean? That it wasn't planted on their property? Of course it wasn't - it could only mean that it wasn't overhanging.

Cakeguts

You might find that growing climbing roses up the trellis will stop the neighbour from cutting bits off. You are allowed to grow plants that have attractive flower or berries that sadly have thorns as well.

Red-Squirrel_2

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

Well what else could it mean? That it wasn't planted on their property? Of course it wasn't - it could only mean that it wasn't overhanging.

There are people who might think that, yes.

mark5

I would plant the larger version of cherry laurel a few feet from the fence, it's evergreen, grows very fast and the more the neighbour prunes it the more it will grow back.

phoebe1989seb

Love the trellis idea. I'd do that with so e nice thorny climbing roses mixed with a clematis or three

We have similar issues here - our garden has four gardens backing onto it, two of which have ginormous trampolines right against our boundary fence. We only have a neighbour to one side, but they also have a huge trampoline plus cart lodge and dutch barn type shed against our fence (luckily the other side is walled, 20' in places ) and all we see is heads of kids bobbing up over our 6' fence.

Two years ago when we bought the house we planted a mix of climbing roses, evergreen clematis and deciduous clematis against a willow trellis and these have grown to 10'+. In another location of the garden we planted non-clumping bamboo and in two years these have reached 12'.

We plan to move soon, but had we been staying we would have done an arrangement of wire trellis as in the OP's pic.....

AdrianC

1886 wrote: »

I planted a buddleia last year which has started to grow up this year but the neighbour in question has reached round and cut two pieces off it

Yes, you said that. I'm asking if the extension comes right up to the fence and, if so, how they've trimmed it back. They're not going to be able to trim anything more than a very short reach past the outside wall, which'll leave the vast majority of the extension hidden from your view. Unless the extension doesn't reach the fence, and they can pass between the two.

What width is the extension? How far in from the edges were these two piece of Buddleia? Buddleias are normally pruned back to about a foot from the ground in spring, anyway, so it's not as if the plant has come to any harm.

Try reading the initial post before you reply in future.

Apart from the irony that you don't appear to have read the post you've replied to, that's not exactly the best way to help us to help you, is it? You've given a tiny photo taken from the other side of your garden, which does not show any relevant detail at all. I've asked you some questions which are rather relevant, and which you have not answered - and you've got sniffy...