Garden screening plants - what works, what's new & how to choose
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Looking for the best trees and plants for garden screening? Guy Watts of Architectural Plants has expert tips on choosing and maintaining privacy screening plants for any garden size.
00:00 Why choose planting screening plants?
00:40 Architectural Plants: https://www.architecturalplants.com/
01:14 Where to start when planning garden screening
02:50 Favourite styles of plants for screening - pleached, standard, multi-stem or fastigiate
04:49 When to plant garden screening plants
05:20 How to maintain newly planted screening plants
09:33 Can you have garden screening plants in pots?
10:40 What's the biggest mistake people make when using screening plants.
11:48 New trends in screening plants
13:29 Fastigiate (upright) trees for screening
14:33 Guy's top screening trees: Pleached Portuguese laurel (Brunelia) & Upright Hornbeam
15:46 Holly standards
16:52 Magnolia grandiflora - pleached, standard or on a frame
17:50 Elaeagnus ebbingeii - pleached, on a frame or as a hedge
18:55 Liquidambar on a frame
19:21 Upright hornbeam 'Frans Fontaine'
Want more privacy in your garden? In this video, I visit Guy Watts of Architectural Plants to find out the best garden screening plants for blocking neighbours’ windows, hiding ugly views and creating private garden rooms.
We cover: 🌿 The difference between *evergreen and deciduous screening plants*
🌿 How to combine different types of screening plants for a stylish garden 🌿 How to plant screening trees for long-term success
🌿 Guy's most popular privacy screening plants right now (and a few to avoid!)
🌿 Expert tips on watering, mulching and maintaining your screening plants
Whether you want to screen off a terrace, divide your garden into sections, or simply add year-round privacy, these are the top screening plants and trees to choose.
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