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Originally Posted by alexmurry
I thought of creating trellises and growing climbing plants around 3 bins in the front garden. Anyone have more economic, constructive or artistic suggestions? Thanking you in anticipation.
P.S. I think "Jumbletown" itself is a great 'invention' with so many creative suggestions and so entertaining.
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Hi Alex, you could use trellis and climbing plants but you need to remember that climbing plants do just that--climb and within a year or so, you will have little growth around the lower part where you want to screen, as the plant reaches skywards.
It might be better to choose a few shrubs that stay green all year round and grow to about 4-5 foot high-ideal for height of bins. You could try laurel, spotted laurel or red robin, all types of hedging. Or Bay which stays green all year round and you can dry the leaves for herbal use in soups and casseroles. Choicea (mexican orange blossom) is another good screener. While you are waiting for them to grow a bit, you could add some willow screening which comes on a roll in 1M and 2M height and can be got in Woodies and other such shops and is not that expensive. The beauty with these types of plants is that if they get too tall, you just cut them to the desired height and it will encourage growth lower down the stems which improves the screen value.