[hafod]

So......my neighbours have had their house on the market for a while and are finding it difficult to sell. I guess understandably they are a bit nervous about us wanting to put up another polytunnel on a bit of land they sort of over look. I wondered if anyone could suggest some quick growing hedging which could provide an effective screen between us?
Alternatively if anyone who wouldn't mind a polytunnel would like to move next door to me I'll happily pass on the details

[shygirl]

poplars grow really really fast though our began to snap after 5 years but it may be a quick screen whilst something more substantial establishes. our rose hedging took about 3 yrs to get to 6ft which i think is still quite quick.

[MelRice]

Have you thought about a bamboo screen... It would get high enough to hide the polytunnel but not so high as to over-shadow it.


Or you could use willow. It would grow fast and you could keep hacking it down to keep control.

[HesterF]

We've just about to plant a vineyard and have been advised to plant Italian Alder as a fast growing windbreak. Mind you, I don't think it'll be fast enough growing to hide a polytunnel this season.

[shygirl]

we planted bamboo, and although it does actually give you loads of handy bamboo canes - it can get messy looking and has to be tidied up. ours seems to be a perenial so loses its height after its trimmed or looks messy if its not trimmed.

[clydesdaleclopper]

If anyone has any spare bamboo that I could come and get a chunk off I'd be very grateful    I've been looking online and the prices are astronomical.

[shygirl]

we dont have anymore than we planted 5 years ago as we got the non-spreading type from Victoriana Nursery. it completely regenerates every year. but it hasnt spread at all. about 5 plants give a good supply of canes.

http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/Mammoth_Miscanthus/

its in our tenants garden so it looks a mess but just needs the loose bits gathering and a good trim.

[Carse Goodlifers]

Willow too is quick growing and if woven into a screen it will root and grow.

Jerusalem artichokes grow high but obviously an 'annual' and die down over the winter.

[hafod]

very tempted with willow....

[hafod]

can anyone recommend some online suppliers??
Thanks

[HesterF]

Ours is coming from Ashridgetrees.co.uk

[Brucklay]

I would vote for willow too - mainly as it's the only thing I seem to be able to grow. We put 20 odd sticks in 2 winters ago and all of them have done well dispite our dreadful weather and high winds. I will definately be planting more.

[Me]

Willow is the bane of my life! Its really wet around here with lots of open ditches etc and I seem to spend my life removing Willow! 

[spandit]

If anyone has any spare bamboo that I could come and get a chunk off I'd be very grateful    I've been looking online and the prices are astronomical.

We have some but it's a bit of a drive...

[spandit]

very tempted with willow....

Remember with willow that once it's in... it's there for ever. The harder you cut it, the harder it grows back. I chainsawed a neighbour's shrub/tree down to a low stump (with permission!) and within a year it was 15' tall with stems of an inch thick in places. Incredibly fast growing but you don't want it anywhere near foundations.

If that's not a problem, willow fedging is attractive, easy to do and cheap (free if you can find someone like "Me" who will let you cut the whips for them)