Some of our most popular items from the nursery are specimen trees used for screening. As well as creating structure and seasonal interest in the garden, screening trees provide valuable privacy and can also be used to hide undesirable views. Mature trees, espalier trees and evergreen trees are all ideal for screening naturally.
The most popular trees used for screening often have a clear stem of about 1.8 to 2 metres, with a full head of foliage above. This is particularly effective for blocking a view from overlooking neighbours and also useful for customers who want to meet a hedge or keep an attractive wall in sight. Feathered trees provide screening from the ground up with full growth from top to bottom. At Caragh Nurseries, we specialise in both.
Evergreens are usually the preferred choice for screening as they will provide full cover all year around. The beauty of a well placed tree or trees is undeniable but as a screen to protect your privacy or more importantly to disguise or block the view of a new building or extension trees are a great asset and can provide rich contrast and seasonal interest.
Our Top Ten of the most popular trees used for screening and privacy are;
- Photinia Red Robin – Fast growing, relatively cheap and provides additional colour.
- Prunus Lusitanica (Portuguese Laurel) – Develops small white fragrant, flowers in spring and little red berries develop later in the year.
- Carpinus Betulus (Hornbeam) – A lovely formal but natural looking espalier, even though its deciduous it holds onto a small percentage of those copper leaves in the winter giving some cover .
- Magnolia These Evergreens are the queens of flowering trees. These come in espaliered/pleached or as standard trees, with the standards growing to almost conical shaped heads, the bonus of these are the magnificent flowers with their scent.
- Osmanthus (Sweet Olive) – Dark, glossy green foliage and small, white, intensely fragrant flowers which are traditionally used in China to flavour tea and a variety of culinary products.
- Olea Europea (Olive) – Slow growing and reasonably compact so are ideal for a small garden or on a terrace and their evergreen green-grey foliage is a great lift to a garden.
- Phyllostachys Aurea / Nigra / Spectabilis (Bamboo) – Versatility, pest resistance and easy to grow.
- Evergreen Jasmine – espaliers can create a complete screen like effect with the added bonus of beautiful scented white flowers.
- Standard deciduous trees – Although they don’t have leaves in the Wintertime, the benefit of deciduous trees is that they have a change with the season, reach a great height at usually a more reasonable price, and work well for the season that you use the garden.
- Ilex Nellie Stevens (Holly) – A lovely holly with deep dark leaves, which is self-pollinating so guarantees an abundance of berries in the Autumn/Winter.
We have a wide range of screening trees available on our website and we welcome enquiries via phone, email and messenger. Our office can be contacted 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday and 9am – 5pm on Saturday’s, if you would like more information or even an image of a particular tree available. Please call our team on 0330 0272669. We look forward to hearing from you!
For more information on our Espaliered Trees for Screening