falc72
14th April 2008, 01:20 PM
Hi all,
I have a bit of a conundrum. Behind my yard is a double story house. It commands the occupants a great view of my yard. It's positioned to the front of their block so it's not right on my fence. I want to plant some fast growing screen to block off my yard. I would only require a screen of say 3 to 4 metres wide by about 4 metres high. However I have a storm water drainage pipe with council easement on my rear boundary. Some 2 metres from the rear fence. So I can't plant anything with evasive or large root systems. I have pondered the thought of making huge big planter boxes and positioning them on top of the ground at the right spot and growing some type of plant in them. This would also reduce the height I'd require of the plants as their relative ground level would be higher.
Would this work and if so what could be recommended as to the size of the boxes and type of plants.
Or if it wouldn't work can I have any suggestions.
Thanks heaps.
M.
I have a bit of a conundrum. Behind my yard is a double story house. It commands the occupants a great view of my yard. It's positioned to the front of their block so it's not right on my fence. I want to plant some fast growing screen to block off my yard. I would only require a screen of say 3 to 4 metres wide by about 4 metres high. However I have a storm water drainage pipe with council easement on my rear boundary. Some 2 metres from the rear fence. So I can't plant anything with evasive or large root systems. I have pondered the thought of making huge big planter boxes and positioning them on top of the ground at the right spot and growing some type of plant in them. This would also reduce the height I'd require of the plants as their relative ground level would be higher.
Would this work and if so what could be recommended as to the size of the boxes and type of plants.
Or if it wouldn't work can I have any suggestions.
Thanks heaps.
M.