{"id":9884,"date":"2017-03-14T07:01:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T07:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9884"},"modified":"2017-03-10T10:14:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T10:14:29","slug":"shrubs-to-screen-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/design\/shrubs-to-screen-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrubs to Screen Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"file 1 027 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4232901223\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2706\/4232901223_e5fac820af.jpg\" alt=\"file 1 027\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can just make out the wall behind this flowering Kerria Japonica. There are other plants to screen walls but the soil is likely to be dry and impoverished so chose with care.<\/p>\n<p>Kerria Japonica<br \/>\nPlanted towards the back of the border this shrubs habit can be scruffy looking and the serrated foliage is rather un-interesting. Kerria loves sun but is drought, heavy clay soil and exposed location tolerant.<br \/>\nKerria is a tough plant suitable for problem areas that makes it ideal for fast growing screening.<\/p>\n<p>Arbutus unedo<br \/>\nWonderful all-rounder with reddish stems and good bark, glossy leaves, Lily-of-the-Valley flowers and unusual strawberry-like fruits.<\/p>\n<p>Hippophae rhamnoides, Sea Buckthorn<br \/>\nLovely silvery leaves and bright orange berries.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mahonia leaves by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5495122044\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5177\/5495122044_ddcecd81e9.jpg\" alt=\"Mahonia leaves\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMahonia x media Charity<br \/>\nVigorous architectural shrub with glossy pinnate leaves and scented yellow flowers in winter.<\/p>\n<p>Daphniphyllum macropodum<br \/>\nSeldom grown evergreen, best grown in shade. Large, handsome leaves and scented greenish flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Fatsia japonica<br \/>\nOften sold as a houseplant but perfectly hardy. Huge palmate leaves give a jungly effect. Does well in shade.<\/p>\n<p>Buddleja davidii &#8216;Dartmoor&#8217;<br \/>\nFast growing shrub with gorgeous magenta-pink flowers in branching panicles. Great for butterflies and sometimes retains its leaves through winter.<\/p>\n<p>Clematis montana Tetrarosa.<br \/>\nUseful for larger areas that need covering. This Clematis montana provides a spectacular burst of colour in late spring with large flowers an a delicate scent.<\/p>\n<p>Ligustrum ovalifolium &#8216;Aureum&#8217; or golden privet<br \/>\nCommon, but very undervalued \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the &#8216;sunshine&#8217; shrub.<\/p>\n<p>Aucuba japonica &#8216;Crotonifolia&#8217; or spotted laurel<br \/>\nTough but handsome with gold splashed leaves and large red berries.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Spotted Laurel by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5151955513\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1437\/5151955513_284e0dca84.jpg\" alt=\"Spotted Laurel\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrows post will discuss Pyracantha<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can just make out the wall behind this flowering Kerria Japonica. There are other plants to screen walls but the soil is likely to be dry and impoverished so chose with care. Kerria Japonica Planted towards the back of the border this shrubs habit can be scruffy looking and the serrated foliage is rather un-interesting. Kerria loves sun but is drought, heavy clay soil and exposed location tolerant. Kerria is a tough plant suitable for problem areas that makes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/design\/shrubs-to-screen-walls\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}