Got up this morning to find the railway people have razed all the trees hiding this to the ground. They said they were cutting back vegetation so naively thought that would be lopping a few dead branches. Though most of the trees were deciduous they provided enough cover in summer that it was barely visible….so any ideas on how to disguise this? Plant a copse of eucalyptus? Thanks in advance
by Internal-Charge7436
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Laurel might be your friend
Go out at night with some friends paint the concrete [Go Away Green](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Away_Green)
It’s pretty normal now unfortunately. They have been doing this since obviously passengers hate delays because of leaves on the line and ultimately the cheapest easiest way to deal with that is cutting down all the trees.
If they have just cut them back to ground level they might grow back fairly quickly depending on what they were. If they were willow or hazel etc they could grow back to 2m in the first season.
Might be time to sacrifice some garden and plant a fast and tall growing hedge! Sorry for your loss!
Oh, that sucks. We also back onto a railway line but it’s not that much concrete.
Eucalyptus sucks up a ton of water I believe and drops lots of leaves so they’re not the easiest. I’m not an expert though.
Several councils round me are offering free native trees to plant so could be worth checking out?
Get some bareroot hedging whips before the end of the season! Cheap, native and easy to plant.
I’m so sorry for your loss, what an awful thing to do by the railway. They should certainly pay compensation for this
I’d plant a line of [hoherias](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/8775/hoheria-sexstylosa/details).
They’re evergreen, don’t get stupidly tall, and have a lovely white blossom in the summer. Planted a good six feet apart, they would completely block that off.
They also don’t have much ‘spread’, so they won’t take up too much garden space.
1 word my friend… Bamboo
… but grow it in pots otherwise you’ll turn your whole garden into a forest