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American Meadows
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Best Plants For Creating Privacy | American Meadows
January 16, 2018 - There are many perennials and annuals you can use in your containers to enahnce privacy while creating texture and introducing exciting colors Plus, if you use 'risers' like pots, tables, boxes, etc., to create staggered heights, you can use just about any well-shaped plant to create a private garden feel.
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Pinterest
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17 Tall Potted Plants for Privacy on Your Patio
April 20, 2023 - Take your patio from public to private with tall potted plants! These 17 green beauties will shield you from outsiders and create a tranquil, intimate space for you to relax and enjoy. Create your own paradise on the deck or balcony - get planting now! #privacy #tallpottedplants #patio #deck #balcony
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containers - What is the right plant for obscuring a neighbour's second story window? - Gardening & Landscaping Stack Exchange
I would like to obscure a neighbour's second story window, overlooking my deck (low deck, almost ground level). I can plant a tree, but that means cutting into the deck, not to mention that the ar... More on gardening.stackexchange.com
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Good plant for privacy from neighbors?
With zero regard to my soil/geographical conditions I planted a passion fruit vine and the damn thing is indestructible. It’ll take over the whole house if I don’t trim it way back every few weeks. Most privacy we’ve ever had! More on reddit.com
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Best privacy plant for pots along mid-terrace fence/wall?
Anything that tall is either gonna need to be in a huge pot to be heavy enough or constantly tipping over and need a lot of water. A buddleia will grow in a pot and shoot up quickly enough but will need copicing every year. Other ideas could be miscanthus grasses or a cypress tree. More on reddit.com
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Potted trees for privacy
We used six 7 foot olive trees in pots to achieve some privacy. Not cheap but beautiful. More on reddit.com
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Fantastic Gardeners
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The Best Tall-Potted Plants for Privacy - Fantastic Gardeners
March 14, 2025 - Still, ensure you comply with any ... council or planning department. Ensure that the placement of your potted plants respects property boundaries and does not infringe on your neighbours' ......
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University of Maryland Extension
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Plants for Mixed Privacy Screens | University of Maryland Extension
Layer larger plants as your backdrop with medium-height plants in front and between them and put ornamental grasses or groundcovers around the perimeter. Three of the same species of evergreen in decline will leave a significant gap in this screen.
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Affinity Property
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Ultimate Privacy Solutions: Best Plants & Screens to Block Neighbors - Affinity Property
July 23, 2020 - In an age of shrinking lot sizes and expanding dwellings, preserving privacy is essential. Shield against intrusive gazes from curious neighbours with premium plants and screens. The best plants and screens to block out neighbours act as a physical barrier to obstruct your home from anyone trying to look inside.
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Fine Gardening
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Four Ways to Use Container Plantings for More Privacy
October 18, 2022 - In this backyard, glazed pots and custom Corten-steel planters give a sense of physical enclosure between garden rooms. The large bananas separate this intimate area from the rest of the landscape, creating a spot perfect for snoozing or intimate conversation on a warm summer afternoon.
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Houzz
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Block Out Thy Neighbour: Privacy Plants for the Modern Home | Houzz NZ
As my clients have become more design-savvy, so have their requests for more imaginative solutions when using plants to create privacy and screening. Screening plants are not only just about privacy from neighbours though – they also serve as a windbreak, protection from the sun, or are simply a way to block an unsightly aspect.
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Southern Living
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18 Best Plants To Add Privacy To Your Yard
August 2, 2024 - In addition to a variety of shrubs available for screening, grasses add interesting texture and architecture to privacy plantings. Trellises and arbors supporting vines also contribute to a sense of intimacy and seclusion. You can adjust the height and density of our favorite plants for privacy depending on how much enclosure you desire, from a living wall to a thin veil of seclusion.
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Royal City Nursery
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The Best Types of Plants for Privacy From the Neighbours - Royal City Nursery - Blog
April 3, 2023 - These fast-growing vines and trees for privacy screens are your best options for blocking the view of nosy neighbours! Create a wall with trellises and vines or trees.
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RHS
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Plants for screening | RHS Advice
November 10, 2025 - They can be formal, such as clipped Buxus (box), Taxus (yew) and Fagus (beech) or informal with colourful foliage or flowers, like Viburnum or Crataegus (hawthorn). Conifers are also popular choices, and although Leyland cypress has a reputation ...
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Real Homes
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25 garden screening ideas for more privacy in your garden this year
March 20, 2024 - Using tall shrubs in large planters create a natural barrier between your backyard and neighbors, giving the yard a nice look while keeping it private,” says Dan Bailey, president of WikiLawn Austin Lawn Care.
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Thebigplantnursery
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Plants for screening and privacy - The Big Plant Nursery
June 6, 2024 - Standard trees With a 1.8 to 2m high clear stem this option fits just above a 6ft fence panel, allowing room for under planting where space is limited. The perfect solution for small gardens. If you only require privacy in the warmer months when the leaves are on the trees we can recommend suitable deciduous trees that will provide privacy as well as added interest with blossom, fruit and foliage as they change with the seasons.
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On the assumption your measurements are in mm, not cm (300 cm is 3 metres and no container would be that wide), that would make your pot (in feet and inches) about two and a half feet deep by roughly a foot across, or 80 cm deep by 30 cm wide. The tree you've mentioned will grow in it for a while, but inevitably, over time, its growth will be very much constrained by the lack of root space, so although its impossible to say what height and spread it might reach, its safe to say it definitely won't reach 3m in height. After a while, it may start to look rather sick - most large plants are okay in largeish pots for up to 3, possibly 4 years, but after that, they start to look 'thin' and weak.

Any plant that can be expected to reach 3m won't do so in a pot, I'm afraid. Since your intention is to create something that blocks the view from a window above, have you considered some kind of small pergola, single or double row, with a pot either end of the size (but preferably larger) you mention, with perhaps a climbing plant in each, which, if the pergola is only 6 feet tall and a foot or two across at the top, might mean you could get some of the growth across the top? That would block the upstairs view of the area beneath, even though its not high enough to block their window. Or a shade sail similar to this https://www.primrose.co.uk/sail-shades-c-85.html which would have the same effect, though the effectiveness of these alternate solutions rather depends whether the neighbour's window is opposite your home, to the side, or directly above you.

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My answer to this is classic potted Bamboo. Its the perfect screen, grows tall with a cool contemporary, beautiful aesthetic. I am a native New Zealander born and bred with no Asian bias to bamboo. If you could plant the bamboo in the earth I would recommend the bamboo species with the root system that clumps together and does not spread.

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JMF Landscaping
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Thickest, Tallest, and Fastest Growing Privacy Plants for House and Apartment
While its growth rate isn’t as fast as some of these other privacy plants, it does provide a uniform hedge and can tolerate a range of soil and sun conditions. Don’t let its slender shape fool you, Leyland Cypress can provide an excellent privacy screen from neighbors—and it can do so quickly.
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Reddit
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r/gardening on Reddit: Good plant for privacy from neighbors?
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This is the view from my back deck; if the neighbors are on their deck we can easily talk to each other. While I do like my neighbors, I also like my privacy. I don’t have any other concerns about privacy besides this area.

My solution needs to be 6-8’ wide, and extend about 2’ above the top of the fence (6’ fence). I was thinking of putting 2’ tall lattice on the top of the fence then plant a vining plant at the base of the fence and train it up to fill in the lattice… but that might take a while and I want privacy this summer! Arborvitae would be practical here, but neither my husband or I like the look of it.

Ideally I want a plant that’s an evergreen for privacy in summer as well as winter. But I’m stumped. Not sure what to do… any ideas are welcome! The more the merrier! Please help. lol zone 8B Portland, OR metro area

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Real Simple
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21 Best Plants for Privacy From Neighbors
February 28, 2025 - This fast-growing climbing vine is an ideal plant for creating privacy from neighbors. "Burgundy Queen is a vigorous climber, growing up to 30 feet long. It is the perfect selection for weaving through trellises and fences for privacy or as an accent plant in large patio pots," explains Georgia Clay, plants manager at Monrovia.
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Great Garden Plants
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Plants for Privacy & Screening | Online Plant Nursery – Great Garden Plants
Whether you're looking to transform your landscape into a private oasis, shield your garden from neighbors or conceal unsightly elements, this collection of privacy and screening plants will help you with whatever your goal may be. From elegant ornamental grasses and flowering shrubs to towering trees, this collection of plants will add beauty and interest to your garden, all while adding much-needed privacy.
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Bully Tools
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The Best Plants for Privacy - Bully Tools, Inc.
November 24, 2021 - Fair warning though – bamboo is unruly and can spread to places you don’t want it to. If this becomes a concern, plant bamboo in a large pot or container. You’ll achieve the same height and privacy just with a different look!