#fence screening

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The Simple, Affordable Way to Upgrade Your Fence Privacy

Putting up full timber panels or brick walls just to block out a busy view can get incredibly expensive.

If you want a cost-effective alternative that takes minutes to set up, high-density privacy netting is the easiest option. Our 170gsm knitted mesh screen attaches directly to any existing chain link, wire, or wooden fence structure.

It drops visibility by up to 88% while still letting fresh air pass through nicely. This smart design stops the wind from catching your fence like a solid sail, which helps prevent structural damage during heavy winter storms.

High Visibility Blockage: Keeps your garden, pool, or job site hidden.

UV-Protected Fabric: Built to handle years of direct sunlight and rain without degrading.

Versatile Use: Ideal for home backyards, allotments, sports courts, and site perimeters.

Available in standard black or green rolls with optional brass eyelets for fast, secure cable tie installation.

👇 Browse available roll lengths and select your size here: https://uktarps.co.uk/product-category/privacy-netting/

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As delicate as a rose: Archirhodomyrtus beckleri

This small feature tree really would fit in nicely in a garden full of roses, lavender and other English cottage style plants. The tiny flowers remind me of the blooms on climbing rose bushes and this pretty rainforest tree has the sweetest common name of ‘Rose Myrtle’.

Archirhodomyrtus beckleri flowers profusely with plenty of pale pink dainty flowers in Spring through to Summer and can often be heard before it is seen as it is a favourite among the bee population.

It has shiny green leaves and a slightly weeping habit so even when not in flower it makes an elegant small feature tree. IT will grow happily unfairly heavy shade to full sun but does prefer a moist protected position due to its rainforest status.

Archirhodomyrtus beckleri grows from around 3 metres high up to 5 or 6m with a width of 3 or 4 metres. If it is given enough space and favourable conditions it makes a lovely small shade tree with pretty mottled bark. It can also be used as a screening plant either stand alone or planted as a hedge and kept trimmed.

The flowers are followed by an edible small orange fruit which isn’t particularly tasty, although the birds love them. The leaves are scented as are the flowers, helping to attract plenty of pollinating insects.

So apart from all of the Rose Myrtles beneficial characteristics listed above it is also extremely useful in combination with exotic species. If you are planting a mixed garden use this plant as it will not look out of place amongst foreign friends 😉

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Quick Screen & Habitat: Hakea salicifolia

This is the Willow Leafed Hakea or Hakea salicifolia, friend to Hakea sericea, the reason I think they are friends is that they have a lot in common, plus they were growing so happily together when I took these photos 😉 as you can see in the image below.

Hakea salicifolia is a fast growing large shrub reaching between 4-5 metres high and 3-4 metres wide. It has a large tough leaf and flowers profusely in winter and spring attracting bees and many small birds.

The dense habit provides excellent protective cover for small birds and the flowers offer food sources for birds of all sizes.

  Hakea salicifolia is a very quick grower and therefore makes a useful screening plant, an annual prune will ensure it remains thick and bushy and doesn’t get too tall. It prefers an open open, well drained sunny location in an area with moderate rainfall, it is also frost tolerant. So if you are looking for a hedge or back ground screening plant that will also provides for the wildlife why not give it a try?

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Bright climber or scrambler for dry shade: Hibbertia dentata

Hibbertia dentata is one of my favourite climbers or low growing scramblers to use in shady spots, unfortunately I find it quite difficult to source but it is definitely with using if you can get hold of it. One of the reasons I love this plant is the reddish new growth of the tendrils and new leaves, it is a deep burgundy red and adds a bit of extra interest to the plant, especially when used as a ground cover.

I have seen Hibbertia dentata used as a grouncover for a pathway with light foot traffic through a garden (I’m sorry but I didn’t get a photo ), it had become quite flat and prostrate but the red new leaves really showed up.

In the image above it was growing underneath some Eucalypts in dry part shade and was doing an excellent job as a weed suppressant.

  Hibbertia dentata flowers from August through to December and has an interesting way of going about it, each flower lasts only about a day, but the flowers appear continually over the spring period. I’m sure there is a technical term for this but I’m not sure what it is….

  This is a common species in open forests in and around Sydney , it can also be found all the way up the NSW coastline.  It is sometimes called a light climber as it twins around the stems of nearby shrubs and trees but is is not at all aggressive like its relative Hibbertia scandens and poses no real threat of damaging climbing frames or other plants.