In the middle of an attractive landscape, it can definitely reduce the beauty of a garden and its recreational value if high stone walls, privacy fences and opaque, monochrome hedges are used to fence it. Depending on the desired privacy height and the available space, flowering shrubs, perennials and even annual flowers can also be planted at the property border or on the balcony for decorative flowers.
Which plants are suitable for a flowering privacy screen?
A flowering privacy screen can be created with annual flowers, perennials and flowering shrubs. Climbing plants such as nasturtiums and black-eyed Susans, perennials such as spring poppies and hollyhocks, as well as shrubs such as forsythia and lilacs offer a variety of flowers and privacy protection at the same time.
Annual flowers and climbing plants as privacy screens
The simplest and usually most cost-effective option for an attractive, blooming privacy screen are annual flowers that are simply sown on the spot or planted out as young plants. When designing a balcony, annual flowering plants such as zinnias, strawflowers and cornflowers are often used, as an annual change in the visual design is certainly desirable. With appropriate trellises (€17.00 at Amazon), climbing plants such as the climbing nasturtium or the black-eyed Susan often easily reach heights of up to 2 m by mid-summer, so that they can also be used as a natural privacy screen in the garden.
Bulb flowers and perennials
With an average height of 80 to 120 cm, the gladioli, which are very easy to care for, can not only provide the desired privacy with decorative added value on a balcony, but also as attractive plants for stone and wooden troughs around the terrace or serve in front of the garbage cans that need to be hidden. Perennial perennials also require relatively little maintenance if they are planted according to their respective location needs. Popular perennials for use as flowering privacy screens include:
- Feather Poppies
- Autumn Taster
- Coneflower
- Hollyhock
A blooming hedge of colorful bushes
Flowering hedges made from different types of shrubs provide long-lasting privacy protection with only slightly limited visibility in winter. However, before planting, you should consider that this type of hedge cannot be cut as narrowly as a beech or privet hedge. Privacy hedges made of colorful flowering shrubs not only offer ecological advantages in the form of nesting places for birds and useful insects, but also visual diversity and variety. A clever selection and arrangement of forsythia, ranunculus, weigela, deutzia, jasmine and various types of lilac results in a flowering hedge that produces new, brightly colored flowers every year for months.
Tip
Flowering hedges made of shrubs quickly form a very high and attractive privacy screen if there is enough space along the property border. However, you should keep in mind that these vigorous plants also need to be cut back up to twice a year.
