Hi, hoping to get some advice here. I want to plant something to help screen a neighbours house. The garden bed is 9m by about 500mm, and is wedged between the boundary fence and the concrete slab that the pool is in. Pool is about 1m in from the garden bed. Given this is close to the boundary fence, whatever I plant will need to be deemed 'non-climbable'.
We're in the north-east of melbourne, in a fairly bushy area, so something native or that wouldn't look out of place amongst gum trees would be ideal. But the key requirements are:
3 - 5m high when mature
Fast growing
Non-invasive roots
Minimal leaf litter
Hardy
Here's a pic of the area. The creeper/climber has to go, as it's growing on a wire trellis which has foot holds, and is there-for non-compliant. I believe the trees are some form of dwarf lillypilly. They don't seem to have grown at all in the 12 months that we've been here, although we haven't given them any attention.
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