How to add screening with Lilly Pillys or some other native folage?

[tombot1974]

Hi

Im looking at putting Lilly Pillys across the fence or at least close to the deck to help block a bit of rain as well as hide that fence.
The issue is that to get the Lilly Pilly to grow to approx 2-3 meters and thickness (in a pot or planter) I need a deep and wide pot so not to fall over.
Ive attached a picture where I scribbled in red where Id like the Lilly Pilly to go. They can vary in height as I want one closest to house to be higher to block a bit of rain coming in on angle. The rest dont have to be Lilly pillys. Can be some other plants (in pots or planters) to cover it. But The issue is that the distance between the deck and the fence is not large and Im thinking 900mm is the max I have to play with as so any work on deck is not hindered.
Because the house is on a slanting street you can see a retaining wall etc and see Ive had to cut into dirt to make it flat. Plus, Im trying to make sure the deck doesnt sit in wet dirt.

This is the red I used to convey that one tree needs to be higher to block out rain a bit




Also, the side looks like this with 900mm to the fence




this is the state of the area

Down the side. Can see the levels outand can see how I had to cut into dirt to level

[tombot1974]

Thank you so much and thank you for the advice. Yeah, I was worried it would do exactly that so close to the house. Planter or large pot it is

[mich1972]

You know what mate , I bet you’re awesome with building, you could design and build a beautiful planter box / boxes to grow some screening plants. 

[tombot1974]

Yeah Im just deciding if I put one  Virburnum in a big pot then look at then just doing something along the fence as its all kinda messy there with ground being so uneven as my house is on a slope from the neighbour (hence the retaining wall) and you can see from previous pics where the tree roots are so exposed as had to cut away dirt to level for the deck.

Here is a poor rendering of what I had for the green horrible fence to be hidden. I used a program to render those trees etc. Happy to hear advice as well. Was thinking Virburnum to go high enough to block a bit of rain and then something that maybe can be vine growing




Its probably easier from this angle to see how deep I had to cut in and the terrain close to the fence

[EricL]

Hi @tombot1974 

You've got my vote for the viburnum; It looks great and disguises the fence very well. If the plants are well looked after they should provide excellent cover. If there is enough space, I would even suggest putting two pots to really provide thick cover.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric