Get clear on whether you need a plant that provides full coverage all year round as some will become bare during winter and always consider where your fence or wall is located in terms of exposure to sunlight.
Plants to hide colorbond fence.
In the new development we live it is required under the covenant.
There are many reasons why arborvitae is among the most popular plants for a living privacy fence its thick evergreen foliage creates a dense hedge when the trees are spaced properly it tolerates.
The same fence clad in our natural sustainable black bamboo client s problem.
However the fence is very close to the house so.
Easy little project at my brother in law s place a couple of weeks ago.
While chain link fencing is inexpensive and easy to install it does lack the beauty of other kinds of fencing.
The fence is all you can see from one of the bedroom windows so it needed something to make it less bland.
Be sure to choose plants that suit the microclimate of your garden so they grow quickly and provide the cover you need.
They did not want to replace the fence.
Would jasmine work.
What s wrong with colorbond.
How to hide colourbond fencing.
However i think this will close the back yard in to much and i want more of an open feel.
Nebraska extension landscape horticulture specialist kim todd talks about fences and creative ways to hide them.
Plant screens plant screens are a great solution for unsightly fences or walls.
But if you take a few minutes to learn how to plant a living fence with a fast growing plant to cover fence sections you can have a fence that is both lovely and inexpensive.
1 plant a high hedge to cover the fence.
For this project the owner had spent a lot on building a new pool and then tiling the surrounds with travertine.
Covering chain link fences with plants.
2 plant a vine up high in the colour bond fence and then plant succulents down the bottom.
As the project developed the unattractive colorbond fence started to become more and more of an eyesore.
Choose from a native hedge which will give you the height and depth that you need to conceal an unsightly wall or attach wire to your fence and use a climber.
I love colourbond fencing and would choose it over any other sort of fencing between neighbours of course it isn t something i d want for front fence.