In my front garden, the main area is paving, with two flowerbeds bordering
it. One along the front wall and one a mirror of my neighbours to make the
border between the two houses. There are foot high metal posts in the
ground where some sort of chain mini-fence used to be but it's all just
overgrown now. I hacked it all back in a big way last weekend and put down
poison to clear what was left.

My problem is that my neighbour has big overgrown green-stemy like things
(you'd never know I'm not a plant person!!) that flower for a couple of
weeks of the year and look green for the rest! I think they will easily
grow back into my flowerbed without something to stop them so this is what
I'm looking for. I want some sort of hardy shrub that I can plant along a
5m stretch that will grown to about 2 feet tall and resist other things
growing over it. Be nice if it looks a bit more interesting than your
average plain hedge too!

Any suggestions? I've seen Sarcococca Hookeriana on the web which looks
like it could be nice. Not sure if it fits the bill though ...?



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