Thanks to you too FlowerGirl for the extra names to look into.

Katherine in Sydney

"FlowerGirl" wrote in message news:FDFIh.9519


Ditto that .. good suggestion wrt the heavenly bamboo Chookie (despite the
fact its non-native ... tall, narrow and not a runner - fits the bill
quite well really.

At any rate as a neighbour, I personally would be more highly offended by
the Murraya - its an environmental weed and it does spread from the
copious
number of berries it drops or which birds ingest and then drop. ... and
drop
and drop.
http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weed...ra=all&card=E3
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They can also grow to be very large and you'd be pruning it back all the
time if you live anywhere north of about Sydney. Similar hedge species
that
are environmental weeds include: duranta (aka sheena's gold - tops my
personal list of most hated garden plants); Indian hawthorne, privet and
purple joyweed.

Some native alternatives that make good hedges include: lillypillies (e.g.
Acmena smithii, Syzygium australe, S. luehmannii (probably all too large
for
the OP) but there are dwarf varieties available.
Bottlebrush is another option e.g. Callistemon "Captain Cook" ... also
available as dwarf varieties.
Ti-tree (Melaleuca) may be OK. Floral smell may be overwhelming ... but
not
any worse than murraya.
Native rosemary (Westringia) would be too short for the OP but can form a
nice hedge
Native boobialla (Myoporum) ... personally I just like the name
Maybe a dwarf variety of Acacia fimbriata (smell can be overwhelming
though)
Native gardenias (Randia) maybe even

Or on another tack, instead of the honeysuckle (I'd get rid of it too if I
were your neighbour), maybe a passionfruit vine where you get to share
the
spoils..... easy care, screens the fence and can't really grow higher than
the fence (unless you add on a trellis), doesn't expand on your space much
and yummy fruit.

HTH
Amanda