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Something bushy for either side of an arch

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GingerKitCat · 28/03/2018 20:39

Can anyone suggest anything bushy/1m tall (or taller) I could plant either side of an arch to give a bit of instant screening as I look down the garden?

My mind's gone blank Grin

My garden is narrow (terraced house) and rectangular with curvy lawn straight down the middle and curvy beds the length of each fence. Plan is to curve them into the arch to make a bit of a pinch point and suggest a hidden garden beyond. I'm bored of looking straight down the garden to the end Grin

I need to measure but I don't have masses of room either side to fill. Just feeling lazy and wanted instant results - pref evergreen although I can be flexible for the right plant Wink Not bamboo, buddleia or phormium.

I'm planning a couple of climbers too obvs! I have a fatsia I could relocate to the shady side perhaps.

Does anyone have photos of similar in their garden? Trellis might work too Smile

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Janicejanet · 28/03/2018 20:57

How about jasmine?

Tatie3 · 28/03/2018 21:20

Jasminoides Trachelospermum would be perfect, it's evergreen and pretty hardy. The scent would be lovely as you walk through the arch.

GingerKitCat · 28/03/2018 21:42

Thank you both! It's actually the 90cm bed either side of the arch I want to screen if you see what I mean. What to grow on the arch itself is less of an issue Smile

I have a jasminoides trachelospermum on a fence actually. It's completely healthy but is the slowest growing thing in my garden! I bought it 4yrs ago! I'm wondering if I've planted it too close to the fence. It's on the shadier/damper side of the garden but gets light streaming through the trellis above (fence is 4ft with 1.5ft trellis on top on this section), especially from May onwards. From June/July I water in the late evening so it shouldn't be parched. I bought the tallest plant I could find but it's taking its sweet time to creep up the fence! Grin

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JT05 · 29/03/2018 08:42

How about a large mop head hydrangea? Or evergreen rhododendrons? I have them in pots either side of my pergola which denotes the edge of the courtyard and lawn.

AstrantiaMajor · 29/03/2018 10:10

How about an evergreen Fern. One that likes dry conditions.

clarabellski · 29/03/2018 16:43

Pieris gets quite big and is lovely this time of year. Or some other kind of japonica?

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