Tree recommendations for privacy

[Gazelle1]

Hello, 

 

I posted last week about our oak tree which lost a large bough recently, thank you for the advice. We've had several tree surgeons out to look at it, and sadly 4 out of 5 advised us to cut it down.

 

We'll be gutted to lose the tree, and it'll also mean that we'll lose the natural screening between us and several of our back neighbours' massive loft extensions. We'd like to get another tree or trees up in the space and were looking for some advice of what to get. It'd ideally be evergreen, but I've been advised not to go for Leylandii. Would Thuja be better? We would keep on top of the maintenance to stop it getting out of control. Or is there a good alternative? Ideally we'd be looking for something that's fairly tall already or grows relatively quickly so it's not too much of a shock when the oak goes...

 

Thank you

[Gary Prentice]

On 07/08/2018 at 10:01, Steve Bullman said:

Like Gazelle said, putting in a bigger tree won't necessarily fill the space quicker as they can take longer to establish.

 

Leylandii are obviously the quickest but not ideal at all.  Thuja make for nicer specimens although not as fast growing.

 

How about an Atlas Cedar?  You could buy decent sized standards in this variety although that will depend on access and more importantly your budget.

Heres an example.  Not recommending this supplier as I know nothing about them, just the first one that popped up in google.

 

https://www.paramountplants.co.uk/plant/cedatlg/cedrus-atlantica-glauca.html

 

Or how about a couple of these side by side...less maintenance and less annoying to your neighbours for sure.

 

https://www.paramountplants.co.uk/plant/cd/calocedrus-decurrens.html

 

 

Aren’t Atlas being particularly affected by Sirococcus tsuga? Very few locally here are still alive.