Natural privacy protection is very popular in creative terrace design. With this selection we would like to inspire you for an imaginative terrace planting that keeps prying eyes away. These plants do their job as a green privacy screen with flying colours.

A terrace can be protected from prying eyes with decorative plants

Annual climbing plants - floral sky-stormers as a natural privacy screen

In the near-natural terrace design, walls and fences are frowned upon as privacy screens because they visually overwhelm the area. In the creative design plan, annual climbing plants on the decorative trellis come into their own. With their rapid growth, they act as a magnificent, natural privacy screen that keeps prying eyes away without a long wait. The following climbing artists score points with their long flowering period and attractive foliage:

  • Morning glory (Ipomoea) inspires with huge funnel flowers and a long flowering period from June to October
  • Black-eyed Susanne (Thunbergia alata) for flowery terrace planting on the shapely trellis
  • Sweet pea (Lathyrus) serves as a natural privacy screen and gives the gardener beautiful cut flowers at the same time
  • Climbing snapdragon (Maurandya scandens) boasts an abundance of flowers until the first frost

In contrast, evergreen or hardy climbers take ample time to grow. Furthermore, the care proves to be demanding in terms of professional pruning. Until ivy, climbing hydrangeas or rambler roses act as a green privacy screen, the gardener's patience will be strained for a few years. Clever ideas are needed for the transition phase, such as reed mats and similar privacy protection solutions that you can build yourself.

Nasturtium - privacy screen with rural charm

Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) is a prime example of romantic terrace planting with flowering climbing plants. The uncomplicated beauty of flowers has made a name for itself in the design of country house and cottage gardens. With their industrious growth, the flexible shoots quickly conquer a climbing aid in sunny and partially shaded locations. The hand or finger-shaped decorative leaves thrive so densely packed that they remain unmolested by looks on the terrace.

Green privacy protection for the whole year - tips for evergreen terrace planting

Plants with evergreen foliage maintain your privacy with no seasonal gaps. This has the advantage that the terrace is available to you as a relaxing refuge even on mild winter days, unmolested by annoying onlookers. The focus is on slender shrubs that do not shed their leaves and take up little space in the bucket. The following selection presents recommended types and varieties for permanent terrace planting:

deciduous shrubs

  • Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea 'Red Column') with white flowers, red berries and long thorns; 200-350cm
  • Barberry (Berberis julianae) bears golden-yellow summer flowers and blue berries over evergreen foliage; 200-300cm
  • Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) convinces as a reliable green privacy screen without complex care;

conifers

  • Arborvitae 'Smaragd' (Thuja occidentalis) a slim, natural privacy screen in premium quality; 200-300cm
  • Columnar yew 'Fastigiata Robusta' (Taxus baccata) forms a row to form an opaque green wall; 300-400cm
  • Roman cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana), evergreen patio bodyguard; 350-400cm

When caring for this evergreen patio planting, please note the limited winter hardiness in the bucket or planter. Due to the exposed location, the root balls of hardy shrubs are more susceptible to frost than deep in the garden soil. In winter, therefore, wrap the containers with fleece, foil or coconut mats (€21.90) and slide a thick block of wood underneath.

Fast-growing flowering shrubs - natural privacy screen for the impatient

Evergreen deciduous shrubs grow according to the motto 'make haste makes waste'. Flowering shrubs are just what the intolerant gardener needs, compensating for the lack of fall of leaves in autumn with rapid growth and an abundance of flowers. In the large pot, the growth rockets stage themselves under the ornamental shrubs as a natural privacy screen when it is most urgently needed on the terrace at the beginning of the outdoor season.

The model boy in this illustrious circle is the summer lilac (Buddleja davidii), which enchants with breathtaking fragrant flowers from July to October. The butterfly bush presents its picturesque festival of colors with a growth rate of 50 to 150 cm per year, coupled with a good-natured tolerance to pruning.

Filigree guards of your privacy - grasses as a natural privacy screen

Green privacy protection without the repellent bulwark character is considered a special challenge in successful terrace design. Here the focus is on tall grasses, whose individual stalks gather to form an impenetrable wall and yet simulate filigree transparency. We have put together the most beautiful grass species and varieties for you here:

  • Chinese reed 'Große Fontaine' (Miscanthus sinensis) natural privacy protection from the first summer; 125-175cm
  • Reed grass 'Karl Foerster' (Calamagrostis x acutiflora) head-high gem for terrace design; 120-150cm
  • Bamboo 'Jumbo' (Fargesia murielae) thrives in tubs as a green privacy screen all year round; 125-180cm
  • Moor purple moor grass (Moliniacaerulea) for opaque terrace design in shady locations; 150-160cm

Large buckets and voluminous flower boxes (€16.99) are equally suitable as planters. As a rule, tall grass species require a substrate volume of 15 to 20 liters. Care is limited to regular watering and pruning in early spring, just in time before fresh growth.

tips

With berry bushes you can conjure up a secluded terrace planting with a summer privacy factor. Raspberries, currants or goji berries thrive in the balcony box with an integrated trellis, invite you to enjoy a healthy snack and keep prying eyes away.

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