With high-growing plants you protect yourself from prying eyes on the balcony. Since there is no space for a majestic front garden hedge, lightweight alternatives for the flower box are in demand. Read here which plants are perfect for privacy protection on the balcony.

Ivy grows fast and is hardy

Green bulwark against prying eyes - with these climbing plants it succeeds

Climbing plants are ideal for reliable and decorative privacy protection on the balcony. Specialist retailers have balcony boxes (€109.00) with an integrated trellis ready for you for this purpose. The following species and varieties grow quickly and are easy to care for:

  • Gold ivy (Hedera helix), evergreen, tolerates pruning and is extremely easy to care for
  • Goat noose 'Goldflamme' (Lonicera heckrottii) with colorful flowers from June to September
  • Passion flower 'Victoria' (Passiflora) retains its dark green foliage in the mild winter

With berries on a trellis, you can conjure up a privacy screen with picturesque blossoms and juicy, sweet fruits. The ideal candidates are raspberries, goji berries and currants. Blueberries and gooseberries also have what it takes to make a hedge in a flower box (€16.99) with a privacy screen effect. The berry bushes make up for the somewhat more complex care with frugal pruning tolerance.

Impressive privacy screen made of grass - tips on reeds and co.

Numerous hardy ornamental grasses rise up majestically and protect you from annoying constant observation on the balcony. The following types of grass are also useful in the flower box as a pleasant windbreak:

  • Chinese reed 'Silberspinne' (Miscanthus sinensis): growth height with spike flowers 180 cm, without flowers 160 cm
  • Reed grass 'Karl Foerster' (Calamagrostis x acutiflora): growth height with flowers 150 cm, without flowers 120 cm
  • Ryegrass 'West Lake' (Spodiopogon sibiricus): growth height with flowers 150 cm, without flowers 100 cm

The impressive ornamental grasses thrive in the rectangular flower box with a volume of 20 liters or more on the sunny to partially shaded balcony. To maintain your privacy on the rather shady balcony, a good choice is the Moor Moor Grass (Molinia caerulea), which stretches up to 150 cm towards the sky.

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In the flower box, even hardy privacy plants are vulnerable to severe frost. So make your balcony boxes winter-proof in good time so that your green bulwark can continue to do its job vitally and opaquely next year. Cover the vessels with bubble wrap, coconut mats (€21.90) and fleece. A cold-insulating base made of wood or polystyrene protects against ground frost.

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