I would choose a nice tree (personally I wish i had the space for a flowerin gum) and put it a couple of metres in from the frence. Unless you get specific use out of your front yard, I dont see any reason you couldnt put a beautiful tree set in from the garden bed.
The canopy of the tree should give you the privacy you need. Camelias are very slow growers.
Ok-Cellist-8506
What exactly are you getting privacyfrom?
You have a driveway and a wall with no windows behind where u want to plant…..
widowscarlet
Nothing stopping you making the garden bed a lot deeper – it will give you more choices of what to grow and how dense you can get the screen.
Physical_Maximum_786
Highly recommend against ficus species in garden beds, their roots are crazy and will get into a pipe, foundation or other place you don’t want them.
Widening the garden bed would be ideal as it will open up the options more. The more upright growing Szygium lilypillys are really good, you can usually get Backyard Bliss or another psyllid resistant species fairly easily these days, you just have to water them to establish and then they will usually subsist on rain and groundwater
AceAv81
Your neighbours may was well just build on top of your house they are so close to that boundry
Master-Willow-9456
I’m more concerned that you have a ficus in the garden in front of that window…get rid of it before it the roots get under your foundations .
sunshinebuns
I love lillypilly if that is an option where you live? Our neighbours have beautiful lillypilly hedges.
Jackgardener67
Callistemon “Slim”
3m to 4m high, less than a metre wide. Minimum pruning. Bird attracting. Frost hardy. Copes with clay soils.
blackbirdLan
We’re currently growing Lilly pilly straight and narrow for a similar screening purpose, tthere’s a picture on one of these subs that shows how it looks as a tall hedge.
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Pencil pines or something that loves narrow width planting areas. Camellias need room and airflow to look their best unless you espalier them.
Local nurseries can give you valuable advice for your front yard, side fenced area. Fast-growing, within 3-5 years, would be ideal for your needs.
I would have been pissed off with that new house going up so close to the dividing fence, next door.
I hope you put in something that provides privacy, enhances street appeal and your outlook too!
Consider widening this garden bed and ficus flash will be your friend
[https://www.bambooland.com.au/plants/clumping-bamboo/](https://www.bambooland.com.au/plants/clumping-bamboo/)
I would choose a nice tree (personally I wish i had the space for a flowerin gum) and put it a couple of metres in from the frence. Unless you get specific use out of your front yard, I dont see any reason you couldnt put a beautiful tree set in from the garden bed.
The canopy of the tree should give you the privacy you need. Camelias are very slow growers.
What exactly are you getting privacyfrom?
You have a driveway and a wall with no windows behind where u want to plant…..
Nothing stopping you making the garden bed a lot deeper – it will give you more choices of what to grow and how dense you can get the screen.
Highly recommend against ficus species in garden beds, their roots are crazy and will get into a pipe, foundation or other place you don’t want them.
Widening the garden bed would be ideal as it will open up the options more. The more upright growing Szygium lilypillys are really good, you can usually get Backyard Bliss or another psyllid resistant species fairly easily these days, you just have to water them to establish and then they will usually subsist on rain and groundwater
Your neighbours may was well just build on top of your house they are so close to that boundry
I’m more concerned that you have a ficus in the garden in front of that window…get rid of it before it the roots get under your foundations .
I love lillypilly if that is an option where you live? Our neighbours have beautiful lillypilly hedges.
Callistemon “Slim”
3m to 4m high, less than a metre wide. Minimum pruning. Bird attracting. Frost hardy. Copes with clay soils.
We’re currently growing Lilly pilly straight and narrow for a similar screening purpose, tthere’s a picture on one of these subs that shows how it looks as a tall hedge.
Edit: here it is! https://www.reddit.com/r/GardeningAustralia/s/V4O1fdRrAN
Cottonwood hibiscus grow really tall quickly. We used them on our verge as a hedge 6 years ago and accidentally let them go and now they’re 6m
Maybe Viburnum Thin Fence? You can get tube stock from [www.australianplantsonline.com.au](http://www.australianplantsonline.com.au)