Pleached trees

[Barneyboo01]

Hello,
We are looking to add some pleached trees for privacy. A new estate has just been built around our cottage and now have 8 houses direct in front of us. I won't moan about it!!!
My question is I want to put some pleached trees in but as we need about 15, can not afford the established trees. We want to do our own, which I know will take several years to mature.
Can you recommend a specimen that does not have fruit or berries.
That will stay evergreen throughout winter.
That is fast growing.
A lot to ask for ,I know. Any ideas please. Thanks.

I believe you aren't allowed evergreen because that would be classified as a 'high hedge' which has different rules.

why don't you want fruit or berries?

my garden which is very overlooked as a set of pleached pear trees (not fruiting) put in by the previous owners. they have white flowers in spring and just leaves the rest of the time.

we also have a bay tree and a holly in a couple of other spaces. I bought them as 1.5m tall trees which was a lot cheaper than the 3-4m pleached trees.

I'd recommend a bay tree for fast growing privacy and you can cut it into any shape you like. but you'd need to mix it up with some deciduous trees too if you want to avoid the 'high hedge' rules.

Hornbeam is a classic, and although not evergreen will hold on to leaves over winter so will still act as a screen when established. Laurel is another popular choice and will be evergreen.

i know you want to do it yourself, but check out paramount plants - they were the most competitively priced when we were shopping around. I think the price of preached has more than doubled in the past 5 years, though - prices are insane!

Suggestions here from this supplier: https://www.hedgingplantsdirect.co.uk/trees/pleached-trees

Thanks for advice.
Have priced up a few will cost between 2 and 5grand. We haven't got that at mo.
Hoping to cut down the price by doing it ourselves.
Plus have just spent our budget on the new fence on three sides.
We have established trees in the front garden for the wildlife.
But we park the cars by the fence in the back( as in shown in pic) so didnt want fruit, berries or a lot of bird poo over them.

I like a project, so was keen to try it.
Will do some more research and visit some more nurseries.
Thanks again for advice.

No wonder you want to build screening. I take it these houses weren't there when you bought your cottage? Well done for staying positive

Abracadabra12345 ·
No they certainly were not, was beautiful open fields, overlooking the river.
We could see for miles.
This is just the back, to the side is a three story block of flats, that towers over us.!!!
It has been very difficult to be positive with two years of building works.
In the planning which we tried to fight, along with the other six neighbouring cottages, they said" the new development will blend in nicely with the existing properties "
All our cottages were built in the 1930s.!!!

Yes we could move, but we are currently renovating, and run a business from home. Maybe in the future.

@Barneyboo01
That's very distressing and even if you went through all the expense, stress and upheaval of moving, your own experience shows you that it can happen anywhere. Nowhere is guaranteed, especially with the huge push for more building , pretty much anywhere developers want to go. Living close to the green belt for example used to be a guarantee that development wouldn't happen but as we know, that is no longer the case