How to get privacy in the garden??

[Ali2512]

We need some privacy at the end of our garden as we are badly overlooked by neighbours on a new site. The ground is very wet and boggy, I've tried to grow shrubs but they have rotted and died. Any suggestions? Desperately need privacy!!

[piskieinboots]

Welcome to the Vine Ali

Bamboo and then some bamboo and then more bamboo - oh how I envy your wet boggy ground! I would so love to grow a massive screen of bamboo but we are far too dry here!

[Glutton4...]

Gazebo with trellis sides?
Trellis fence panels and large Parasol?

A picture would be more help.

Yup - we're nosey...

[Ali2512]

Would it def grow and not rot? I wasn't sure if pots would be needed?? Sometimes there can even be standing water??

[lottie dolly]

is it possible to build a series of raised beds,taller planters to grow in,or 1 long one,put gravel in the bottom,then topsoil,have you thought about a fence using concrete posts and gravel boards,it all depends on money,ability,and size of the area you wish to cover,

[veggiechicken]

What about a living willow screen? fast growing, loves water, and you could weave it into a decorative screen as it grows.

[PyreneesPlot]

Hello and welcome.

A weeping willow? Depends how close it would be to foundations, of course. Our neighbour cut theirs brutally to keep it small.

[Ali2512]

I need Something to go across the garden where the fence is!

[veggiechicken]

What height do you need it to be? Will it also block the sunlight from your garden?
Can you do something about the drainage because that would give you more options?

[Ali2512]

Need it to be higher than height of fence as house behind is higher than us. Won't block out sunlight. We hav had drainage done but we def need more!

[veggiechicken]

I still say willow screening then! It grows very quickly and is cheap. You can chop the tops off when its the height you want and you can plant it as thinly or thickly you like. Comes in different colours too and can be quite decorative.

[Two_Sheds]

I still say willow screening ...can be quite decorative.

Ideal for the wet ground, but you'll need to keep it under control: it grows BIG and QUICK !



http://www.willowkits.co.uk/html/willow__fedges_.html

[Feral007]

Well I hope that bamboo is good in some dry soils as I'm planning on using it for screens out the back this year! I like things that grow fast......except for weeds, I'd like them slow.

[snohare]

I'd agree with the willow idea. Salix alba will happily grow "with its feet in water" as treenurserymen say - in fact I've had some cuttings sitting in a bucket of water here for a year, and they have sprouted roots and leaves, very happily indeed ! In an average year, with enough water, you could quite reasonably expect 2 metres of vertical growth.
I saw a willow fedge once that was grown like a chain link fence: cuttings of pencil thickness and above, about a foot long, were inserted into the ground at a 45 degree angle. As they grew, the side shoots sprouted vertically and the result was a diamond patterned barrier, very effective at breaking the wind. Add a second row and it would be a very good privacy screen.
If you want something to add contrasting colour, try dogwood at the base - there are red, green and yellow varieties, they love swampy ground (again, I have cuttings growing in a bucket of water), the only thing is they will not grow as fast nor as high. But you could have a stunning red and yellow barrier, with lovely autumn colours from the dogwood leaves.

[Feral007]

Have to agree with snohare about willow and water. Out here it is a noxious plant (isn't almost everything? ) Willows were planted along rivers and gullies and then started sending seeds downstream and everntually a lot of choking of the waterways. So you could probably consider the willow as drainage solution as well.