Just had my new build garden done with a new patio and turf which has left me with a bare, blank slate.
The fences between the gardens have gaps which I’d like not to have to change as the area suffers with no protection in high winds so full fences wouldn’t last. Therefore I’d like to do the following:
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Create a barrier for the patio at the end with some kind of hedging that can stand up to a limit wind coming through the wire fence at the end
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Line each side of the turf with some sort of privacy plants, shrubs or trees so that I can not feel as watched in the garden.
Does anyone have any recommendations of plants for either of these???
Ideally they would be items that can be maintained or limit themselves to about 2m max.
I also work at sea so the less maintenance the better. I’d also prefer to take up as little of the footprint as possible.
by shorty1988m
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Anything tall enough to block the view completely at the end of the garden is also going to block seeing the water which is an incredible feature of that garden. Realstically, anyone on the ship won’t really be able to see more than shapes feomthat distance. You’d also block a lot of light and make it feel very enclosed.
With regards to breaking up the view you need to decide if you want pots or plant into the ground. A pot big enough to support substantial hedging would take up a lot of space. One idea might be to use ornamental grasses dotted about that will give movement in the wind and make it feel less sterile then mix in things that like it dry due to the wind like rosemary and lavendar which are really overlooked for barrier use.
Personally I’d reduce the height of the side fences and then plant some dwarf trees at the end in raised beds/ pots.
The second pic view looks too claustrophobic for me.
Main point: remember these are new build gardens therefore will be packed with rubble and possibly even toxic chemicals.
I’d grow passion flower and clematis Montana on the fences although not sure how they’ll take the sea air and any tree is manageable if you buy it at a manageable height and manage it. It wouldn’t matter that you’re at sea for long periods because you only need to prune the tree once in autumn winter and it will never become unmanageable. I would suggest not getting fruit trees as you’ll likely not be there while they’re dropping fruits and leave a lovely mess for you to come back to. A hedge at the edge of the patio makes sense for some privacy too
I’d buy this as it has gaps for the wind. I am intending to treat my house to gates make like this. I love your view though.
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Side note water that turf twice a day at least
45 mins a time.
Photinia makes a good screening shrub
Bamboo (clumping variety) in large pots? Pretty decent screen, resilient.
It looks like there are tubes on the embankment otherside of your fence, has it been planted up? That may be your future screening there. Realistically with the wind you’ll need to plant small so whatever does grow, grows strong roots to withstand the wind.
No way, I drove past those houses recently, the new ones near the trimmers?
Silver birch, phormium, hazel
Bamboo, musa basjoo, phormium philadelphus climbing roses shed load of bulbs and crocus in that lawn!
I’m coastal and on a windy hillside. We use phormiums and tall grasses like miscanthus variegata and stipa gigantea to screen and filter the wind. These also stop at 1-2m tall and don’t mind salt spray (although some of the phormiums get quite wide). Phormiums need almost no maintenance and the grasses just need old growth cut off once a year. The way they move in the wind is rather lovely too.
Some of the patio at the bottom will have to come out of U want to plant privacy trees. If U wanted a hedge down there griselinia is a brilliant plant. It’s bright green, evergreen and is totally controllable. Left to it’s own devices it would grow into a tree, regularly cut (twice a year) u can keep it to a 4′ hedge. It’s a very underestimated plant.
New Zealand broadleaf https://share.google/dCy5kknQD1cQoY3Aw
Some taller things around the edges might give enough screening to feel more comfortable.
You might want salt resistant stuff though if that is sea water, as breeze can wash salt onto them. Sea Buckthorn is a smaller shrub that is tolerant of salt. Holm Oak and Hawthornes are fairly tolerant too.
Not much help, but what a lovely place to sit at the end of your garden and watch the boats coming and going!