"gl" wrote in message ...

For such a narrow area, look at some non-invasive bamboos (there are
hundreds). Many beautiful varieties, and very hardy. Get a clumping, upright
variety that will screen without requiring lots of space. They have had an
undeserved bad reputation, but there are many fantastic non-invasive
varieties that I only found out about recently. I was hunting for a similiar
hedging plant recently (but I wanted it next to a pool, so I didn't want
anything that drops leaves) and found that bamboo was a great choice.
For more info try http://www.mrbamboo.com.au/ or
http://www.bambooworld.com.au/

Thanks for the suggestion. My parents' house had some problems with
bamboo. I'm not sure what variety they were, but we eventually had to
pull out all the runners one by one over several months before
completely eradicating the bamboo. The lawn was an absolute mess by
then.

I'll have a look at some of the less invasive varieties.

Cheers,

Han.