What to plant?

Davesnave

robin58 wrote: »

Leylandii have been sited in a few court cases as of late because they have caused issues of size and not being trimmed back.

Yes, that sort of consideration was covered in my first post.

Here is a clickable photo showing part our 20 year old leylandii hedge in 2008, standing beside a cotoneaster cornubia, which is also doing a privacy job. It's semi-evergreen, so can't find itself in court, and in any event, also protected by a TPO!



People can make up their own minds which is larger and easier to maintain.

(The other large 'tree' on the left is a pittosporum, sold to me in a yogurt pot for 20p, which took around 15 years to reach that size. It's also evergreen, but rarely mentioned in dispatches.)

scottish_lassy

I have used escallonia for the same purpose. Quick to grow, evergreen, nice flowers and doesn't get humungous!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

WeAreGhosts wrote: »

Laurel?

https://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Cherry_Laurel_Hedge_Prunus_laurocerasus_Rotundifolia.html#aPRLR

It's a thug. It spreads through the slightest chip, through extensive root systems and gets huge. Oh, and it secretes substances that prevent other plants growing.

It's an ecological headache - you could potentially spend every day of your life trying to cut down, pull out and generally keep control of the stuff at a tiny Nature Reserve near where I live - but it all started from one person choosing it for a privacy hedge for their garden.

WeAreGhosts

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

It's a thug. It spreads through the slightest chip, through extensive root systems and gets huge. Oh, and it secretes substances that prevent other plants growing.

It's an ecological headache - you could potentially spend every day of your life trying to cut down, pull out and generally keep control of the stuff at a tiny Nature Reserve near where I live - but it all started from one person choosing it for a privacy hedge for their garden.

Had seven years of it as a hedge (about 40ft length, seven foot high), kept it in order each year or two ... never had an issue.

More4me

I am not a fan of leylandii, trees or thick bushy plants as a hedge, I much prefer evergreen climbers or Ivies.
Plant 10' high posts across the boundry at set intervals, fix wire mash across the posts and let the climbers do their job. Climbers will be pleasing to the eye from both sides of the fence.

Davesnave

More4me wrote: »

I am not a fan of leylandii, trees or thick bushy plants as a hedge, I much prefer evergreen climbers or Ivies.
Plant 10' high posts across the boundry at set intervals, fix wire mash across the posts and let the climbers do their job. Climbers will be pleasing to the eye from both sides of the fence.

This sounds theoretical for several reasons.

Where does one buy posts that long, bearing in mind that about 2.5' would need to be in the ground?

How thick would these posts be to withstand the huge wind pressure such a structure could be subjected to?

Boundary fences are resticted to 2m or less. Taller fences need planning permission. Anything built to a height of 10' without proper structural advice might well be dangerous.