If you want to decorate your fence, you can either paint it or plant it. Tall perennials or low shrubs as well as pretty climbing plants are ideal for this. If you don't have a fence, you can replace it with hedges and shrubs. Below you will find the best ideas on how to plant your fence or replace the fence with plants.

The blue morning glory cuts a very good figure on fences

Plant the fence

An unsightly or boring fence can be made pretty with the right plants. These also help to make the fence more opaque and thus ensure better privacy. Before choosing the plants for your fence, you should ask yourself the following questions:

  • Are the lighting conditions the same everywhere on the fence?
  • Do you want to place the same plants over the entire fence or do you want to vary them in sections (especially useful in different lighting conditions)?
  • Do you want blooming privacy screens for the summer or evergreen trees?
  • How sensitive is the fence? Can you climb something up on it?

Cover the fence with perennials

Perennials have the advantage that they do not cling to the fence and therefore do not damage it. They also inspire with their colorful flowers. The disadvantage is that they do not last long, as the perennials lose flowers and leaves at the latest with the first frost and have to be cut down. In addition, they need a relatively large amount of water and form a rather light screen.
The following are eligible:

  • catnip
  • lady's mantle
  • delphinium
  • sunflowers
  • sun bride
  • hollyhocks

Plant the fence with climbing plants

Anyone who has a stable fence can overgrow it with climbing plants. This looks very nice and most climbing plants also flower very attractively. Ivy is even hardy and winter green, but only blooms after many years and is rather inconspicuous. Suitable flowering climbing plants are:

Surname location requirements flower color hardy particularities
Clematis (clematis) Partial shade to sunny Violet to pink Few varieties
real hops Sunny to semi-shady Inconspicuous white but attractive fruit Yes Not evergreen
Nasturtium Sunny to semi-shady orange to yellow no Edible flowers
climbing hydrangea Half shade to shade White Yes Grows up to several meters high
Climbing heart flower partial shade yellow Conditional Up to 3 meters high
morning glory Sunny Violet, pink, blue no
crown of glory partial shade Red no Burns quickly in the midday sun
creeper Sun, shade, penumbra White Yes Becomes very tall, very robust
Black-eyed Susanne Sunny, warm Usually yellow or orange, but also available in red or white no
perennial sweet peas Sunny to semi-shady violet Yes Robust
Wild Wine Sunny Inconspicuous, but red leaves in autumn Yes Gets very high

Cover a fence with trees or create it with trees

If you don't have a fence, you can create a beautiful, opaque privacy screen with shrubs and bushes that are easy to cut - in both summer and winter. Examples of evergreen, hardy hedge plants are:

  • Bamboo (hardy varieties)
  • boxwood
  • yew
  • Firethorn
  • medlar
  • cherry laurel
  • Leyland Cypress
  • liguster

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Garden design