Trees/Hedging for privacy

RustySpoon

I am soon to be moving in to a new house that has a garden that is overlooked from behind - the house behind us is on a slope.

there is a 6 foot wooden fence there already but i am looking for options for trees or hedges that would provide a bit more privacy.

I want to stay away from evergreens if possible.

What are my options?

CJhaughey

Beech hedging will hold its dead leaves until the following years growth comes out.
This means that it still gives cover during winter.
Alternatively you could plant Laurel.

The Sweeper

Why no evergreens? I think it's deciduous that's a pain in the bum when it comes to screening - as CJ alluded to, it loses its leaves and exposes you again in Winter!

RustySpoon

Minesajackdaniels wrote: »

Why no evergreens? I think it's deciduous that's a pain in the bum when it comes to screening - as CJ alluded to, it loses its leaves and exposes you again in Winter!

Too many of them in the last house!
Might be convinced to go with a mix though....

The Sweeper

Ahhhhhh you mean evergreens as in no pine-tree type plants, as opposed to nothing with evergreen leaves full stop?

RustySpoon

Minesajackdaniels wrote: »

Ahhhhhh you mean evergreens as in no pine-tree type plants, as opposed to nothing with evergreen leaves full stop?

Yeah, just don't want a big evergreen hedge or pine type trees.

On another note is this the place to look for a garden designer - want to do the work myself but just need inspiration!

mossym

did someting similar with copper beech..too small yet for privacy but it'll get there

The Sweeper

Feel free to look for a garden designer, but please ask them to PM you in reponse to your thread - I'm not happy with providing a thread for people to pimp their wares in, as it were.

Sonnenblumen

Minesajackdaniels wrote: »

Feel free to look for a garden designer, but please ask them to PM you in reponse to your thread - I'm not happy with providing a thread for people to pimp their wares in, as it were.

Agree, pimping best done behind closed doors!:D

OP if you require some screening > 6' and not too much depth, the one that comes to my mind is Bamboo (Phyllostachys) green gold Aurea or Spectablis are very good, but are evergreen. A line of closely planted trees eg Amelanachier or Malus or or Liquidamber or even some of the Acers and Prunus are also worth considering to provide a very interesting seasonal (and deciduous) screen. Plenty of choice and it will probably come down to how much work your prepared to do to maintain shape?

My favourite 'small tree' for a back line screen < 15' 0" would be Sorbus Acuparia ' Autumn Spire'.

The Sweeper

I have an over-fondness for eight foot trellises with evergreen climbers - jasmine, honeysuckle, Australia's native happy wanderer, carolina yellow jasmine. Actually I have precisely one deciduous plant in my garden stock. Though that's easier to manage down here, where I think virtually nothing native loses its leaves in winter.