Hi Scott,

I've been doing a bit of researching into screening plants myself over the
last two weeks.

'Acmena Smithii Minor' its basically a breed of LillyPilly that grows dense
enough to screen unwanted views, its roots are not invasive and responses
well to pruning. It will grow over 3.5m so the height shouldn't be a problem
depending on what you need. The other alternative is a Pittosporum 'Cut
Above'.

Although there are a stack of great plants for screening I've narrowed my
choices down to the above two. Great site or Melbourne residents is
www.hellohello.com.au they specialise in screening and hedging plants.
They've even got one called 'Neighbours-Be-Gone'!! Let me know how you go.

What made you think of planting the Pittosporum? And which breed?




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My next door neighbours have decided to extend upward and outward and
has now built a monstrosity next door which overlook into my backyard.
They have also built a new garage with tin roof and plain unpainted
rendered walls.

I know it would be impossible to plant anything that will successfully
screen out a second storey (although I was thinking of maybe planting
some pittosporum along the fence to provide some privacy).

My main problem is that I have an open deck that accesses to my garden,
which now looks straight into their garage. I was thinking of using a
trellis and growing some climbing plants to hide next door's plain
unpainted rendered garage wall. I have noticed some lovely climbers
with bright mauve / purple flowers and was wondering if anyone can help
with the name of this particular climbing plant? Also, how do they look
during Autumn/Winter?

Any other recommendations for screening plants and climbers will be much
appreciated.

I live in Melbourne, Victoria.

Thanks in advance....