Originally Posted by
David Lock
Privet being the classic hedge material, bit boring though. Beech is OK as even though deciduous the leaves seem to stay on, slow growing. Or Laurel or just conifers. I think you will need something that won't mind growing up in an existing hedge but a decent garden centre should know. I don't think Ivy would do what you want.
Or buy some thicker curtains
I agree with the ivy thing.........it's a pain, throwing runners out everywhere and choking everything. I had a laurel years ago in another house, and the leaves are so big, they don't rot down very well, also, if you trim them with hedge trimmers they tend to leave half leaves and then it looks scruffy (does that make sense? Too many leaf/leave/leaves in that sentence!
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