Disgusing an ugly pole help please

[Deleted User]

Hello All


I got home yesterday to find lovely BT had put a telegraph pole right at the side of my drive entrance. Suffice to say its positioning is awful and intrusive and I would like to disguise it by planting a climbing evergreen up it.


Any suggestions on quick growing foliage that will ' stick' to the pole and cover it.

molerat

You cannot grow something up their pole, they will chop it down or spray it.

Davesnave

Ignoring the fact that you shouldn't use utility poles as supports for plants, a new one will probably be creosoted and toxic to anything grown against it for some time

Far better to plant a fastigiate tree of some kind on your own property to soften the visual impact of the pole. Plenty to choose from, and it won't necessarily need to be evergreen.

unrecordings

Is the pole obscuring the view of oncoming traffic thus making getting out of the drive dangerous ? Just wondering if this would be grounds for getting it moved

StumpyPumpy

Don't telegraph poles need planning permission?

SP

Davesnave

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

Don't telegraph poles need planning permission?

SP

No. They just put a notice on them saying, in effect: "We've stuck this here, so if you want to object, here's the address to write to and this pole's serial number."
If push comes to shove, they have the powers needed to put the poles more or less where they like.

Having dealt with Openreach and achieved the re-siting of a pole, I can tell you it isn't a speedy process, or one for the faint-hearted. I would say that if it's not on your own property, or obviously hazardous, forget it.

MysteryMe

Obviously don't know the layout of your property / pole but would something like this help?

https://www.bigplantnursery.co.uk/plants/fargesia-obelisk-murieliae-x-nitida_obelisk-bamboo_111.html

[Deleted User]

Thanks for your thoughts everyone,


unrecordings - I cant say the pole ' blinds' me to traffic when coming out the drive but I do have to position myself to see around it as it causes a momentarily blindspot.


there is a notice that says I can complain but I'm not sure whether that would help, I came home as the pole was up and the the guys doing the work were still there, they said a lot of people grow things up them and around them to disguise it which is my preferred route.


Mysteryme - that looks interesting and just the ' floaty' sort of foliage which would hide it, I need to see how tall if grows first


Many thanks everyone

Mojisola

Live with the pole for a few weeks - you may stop 'seeing' it after a while.

Our brains are good at filtering out things that are always there.