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Standard Estate Garden - Perimiter wall?

  • 26-06-2013 12:39pm
    #1
    finto
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    I have your standard 3bed semi house in an estate. I have a wall sourounding by back garden, horrible block. I would like to cover this wall out of sight with either Hedge or trees?

    Any easy soloution, on the cheap on how I could do this? Or what hedge/tree reccomendations you have?

    Thanks
    Fint


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  • #2
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    finto wrote: »
    Hi Folks,

    I have your standard 3bed semi house in an estate. I have a wall sourounding by back garden, horrible block. I would like to cover this wall out of sight with either Hedge or trees?

    Any easy soloution, on the cheap on how I could do this? Or what hedge/tree reccomendations you have?

    Thanks
    Fint


    We have Hornbeam,we like it as its more unusual in an urban setting.

    Everyone seems to go for evergreen hedging,so thats partly why we went with hornbeam.....to be different.

    Its a very tough/very sturdy hedge that grows well.


  • #3
    redser7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,730 ✭✭✭redser7


    A couple of large buckets of Woodies cream masonry paint.


  • #4
    pwurple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    Last house we were in had a horrible masonery wall at the back. We painted it green and planted a mixed border in front.

    I'm not a fan of hedges in small gardens. They take up so much valuable growing room and are slightly boring to my mind.


  • #5
    wildlifeboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭wildlifeboy


    trellis's and climbers. i am covering most of my block wall with honeysuckle clematis, climbing roses etc.


  • #6
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,679 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    redser7 wrote: »
    A couple of large buckets of Woodies cream masonry paint.

    Cream can be boring. I'm a fan of vibrant natrual colours


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  • #7
    CBYR1983
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭CBYR1983


    Once you paint you can't go back and you have to keep redoing it. You can cut down trees if they don't suit.


  • #8
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,679 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    CBYR1983 wrote: »
    Once you paint you can't go back and you have to keep redoing it. You can cut down trees if they don't suit.
    Nonsense, you can grow trees, hedges, stick up trellis's etc


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