GardenBanter.co.uk - View Single Post - Odour-filtering Plant suggestions anyone?

Jonno[_18_] · 22-01-2009, 12:00 AM posted to aus.gardens

Definitely move!

"PD" wrote in message
u...
Thanks everyone, I may not have received a vast number of plant
suggestions but have enjoyed myself nevertheless! ) Perhaps an
occasional sprinkling of prawn heads in their front yard might discourage
them from lingering outside - wonder how far that smell would travel?

Of course, a small job becomes a big job - I can put a lattice up to grow
something on, but first need to repair the fence that the neighbour's son
burned a hole through after a few too many drinks, I believe. (Dumped the
post-bbq ashes from the Weber at the base of a timber fence, by next
morning it was in flames. Clever bloke. Somehow managed to miss the bark
chip mulch that was all over his garden, otherwise the whole lot would've
gone up.)

Cheers.

"PD" wrote in message
u...

OK, maybe a slightly odd question, but here goes:
Our new neighbours sit at the front of their house smoking at all hours
of the day and night. Due to the lay of the land, the smell fills our
front yard, and if we have our front door open, it fills the house as
well.

We have a strip of garden between our driveway and our joint fence which
is in dire need of attention - so now I'm wondering if there's anything I
can plant that would help to filter the air between our place and theirs.
Or be sufficiently (pleasantly) fragranced itself year-round that it
might overpower the smoke pong. Any ideas anyone? The strip of garden
is only about 2ft wide, and I don't want anything that's going to end up
scratching the car every time we drive in and out (had that problem for
many years, and a badly damaged car as a result!).

Thanks in advance,
Penny
(in Beecroft, Sydney)