Plant the fence
An unsightly or boring fence can be nicely decorated with the right plants. These also help to make the fence more opaque and thus provide better privacy protection. Before choosing the plants for your fence, ask yourself the following questions:
- Are the lighting conditions the same everywhere on the fence?
- Do you want to spread the same plants over the entire fence or do you want to vary in sections (especially useful in different light conditions)?
- Do you want blooming privacy screens for the summer or evergreen trees?
- How sensitive is the fence? Can you let something up on it?
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Cover the fence with perennials
Perennials have the advantage that they do not cling to the fence and therefore do not damage it. In addition, they inspire with their colorful flowers. The disadvantage is that they do not last long, as the perennials lose flowers and leaves at the latest with the first frost and have to be cut down. They also need a lot of water and form a rather light privacy screen.
The following are possible:
- Catnip
- Lady's mantle
- delphinium
- sunflowers
- Sun bride
- Hollyhocks
Plant the fence with climbing plants
If you have a stable fence, you can let it overgrown with climbing plants. It looks very nice and most climbing plants also bloom very attractively. Ivy is even hardy and evergreen, but it only flowers after many years and is rather inconspicuous. The following are possible flowering climbing plants:
| Surname | Location requirements | Flower color | Hardy | particularities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clematis (Clematis) | Partly shady to sunny | Purple to pink | Few varieties | |
| Real hops | Sunny to partial shade | Inconspicuous white, but attractive fruit | Yes | Not evergreen |
| Nasturtiums | Sunny to partial shade | Orange to yellow | No | Edible flowers |
| Climbing hydrangea | Partial to shady | White | Yes | Grows to several meters high |
| Climbing heart flower | Partial shade | yellow | Conditionally | Up to 3 meters high |
| Morning glory | Sunny | Violet, pink, blue | No | |
| Crown of fame | Partial shade | red | No | Burns quickly in the midday sun |
| Knotweed | Sun, shade, partial shade | White | Yes | Becomes very high, very robust |
| Black-eyed Susan | Sunny, warm | Usually yellow or orange, but also available in red or white | No | |
| Perennial vetches | Sunny to partial shade | violet | Yes | Robust |
| Wild Wine | Sunny | Inconspicuous, but red leaves in autumn | Yes | Will be very high |
Cover a fence with trees or create with trees
If you don't have a fence, you can create a beautiful, opaque privacy screen with pruning shrubs and bushes - in both summer and winter. Evergreen, hardy hedge plants are for example:
- Bamboo (hardy varieties)
- Boxwood
- yew
- Firethorn
- Loquat
- Cherry laurel
- Leyland cypress
- liguster
