Thank you Chookie, not a bad idea of yours.

It will be a nice soft look from my kitchen window.

Now I think of it, maybe I don't want berries on it, as I wouldn't like the
berries to drop next door and have it sprouting there as well. They are
Asians (no offence), and may think it is the bad bamboo. I have on there,
honeysuckle growing and as it goes through the palings they seem to pull it
out.

They are good neighbours and would like to keep them, we may get awful ones
instead if they go :-)

Thanks for the help.
Regards
Katherine


"Chookie" wrote in message
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"jones" wrote:

My problem also is that I don't want something that will end up making
the
walkway only 2 feet wide. Would something like Murraya Paniculata do for
there?

Not if you live in Sydney or further north. It is a very aggressive plant
here -- I've seen one Murraya paniculata at least 6m high in Petersham.
The
scent is quite cloying too IMHO -- do you *like* it?

I assume that the paling fence means the garden bed is shaded. I would
choose
Heavenly Bamboo -- Nandina domestica. It's not a bamboo at all, but has a
similar leaf shape on a smaller scale. It's pretty with or without its
flowers and berries, without screaming "Look at moi!" all the time. Tough
too, without being weedy. Here are some pictures, but they don't do it
justice:
http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/im..._domestica.htm

You could underplant with violets, or possibly mints, for a pleasant
shaded
garden.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You
may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue