In an increasingly hectic time, the balcony of one's own apartment is increasingly being rediscovered as a place of relaxation and regeneration. The necessary privacy can be provided with a screen made of plants or with a creatively designed screen made of weatherproof materials.

Climbing plants protect against prying eyes and still let light onto the balcony

Choosing the right privacy screen for your own balcony

First of all, if necessary, it should be agreed with the landlord or with the neighbors which parameters must be observed when installing a privacy screen on the balcony. If colorful and eye-catching materials and shapes are also possible, colorful plastic nets can be an easy choice to attach. The strips of weather-resistant material, which are around 120 cm high and available in any length, are mostly used when a balcony with a glass balustrade or a grid-like balustrade design needs to be clad so that it is opaque. A visual separation from the neighbors on the sides can be flexibly designed with a fan-shaped side awning. From natural materials such as willow branches or reed mats, you can quickly and inexpensively make a self-designed privacy screen for the balcony.

Green the balcony with a natural privacy screen

Many people prefer a green privacy screen made of plants on the balcony to an optical limitation with PVC mats and folding walls. After all, especially with a blooming privacy screen, the liveliness of nature, together with birds and insects, comes right up to your own window. While plants such as gladioli or the climbing nasturtium are suitable as privacy screens for a balcony that is mainly used in summer, columnar hedge plants such as the rocket juniper or the extremely slender Thuja occidentalis Malonyana also offer protection from prying eyes in winter. With these plants, however, you have to think about pruning in good time before the fast-growing cypresses literally grow over your head.

Climbing plants as a privacy screen on the balcony

The following climbing plants can cope well with the sometimes relatively extreme temperature and humidity conditions on a balcony, but due to their rapid growth they also have to be cut back relatively regularly as they get older:

  • ivy
  • trumpet winds
  • honeysuckle
  • Wild Wine
  • Wisteria

Please note that the shoots of many climbing plants, which thicken over the years, can also pose a not inconsiderable danger to the building fabric of the house and balcony.

tips

Please note that many climbing plants used as privacy screens are heavy feeders and therefore require sufficiently large planters with humus-rich substrate in addition to regular fertilization. The corresponding heaviness of the planters on the balcony also means that they must be effectively secured against a possible fall from additional loads from gusts of wind.

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Garden design