Time for change.

Wise words.

 

Ahh, so you want a hedge on poles.

 

Those are pleached. Pollarding is when a tree is cut off about 6 to 10ft above the ground and then reshoots (like a coppice on a stick) to give a series of poles. This was done, originally so that the new growth was above the height that grazing animals could reach.

 

Yep....That would be nice.

 

This was the Jacaranda before and after pollarrding in September ...

 

... and this monrh ...

 

Have a look at Viburnum odoratissimum "Awabuki" an evergreen viburnum growing to 5m tall. I have one growing behind a neighbours garage. It grows fast, responds to pruning, glossy green leaves that turn brilliant red before falling. It has white flowers followed by small black berries. Supposed to be scented, but it's not one I can pick up.

 

It is a very good plant and would be fine ,but no one sells them the size that I want for fairly instant cover.
Thanks for the input.

 

I may have missed it, but has the conifer been razed, or fully removed? If the stump is left in, then I envisage a bit of work making any planting holes. However, looking at the garden I feel you need quick, evergreen, semi formal and manageable.
My go to plants are always fargesia. Many different coloured stems are available that can be stripped at a lower level to reveal the canes. An annual haircut and stopped at the height you want for privacy. Reasonably priced and a nice backdrop for anything outlandish that you plant in front of it

 

We had four of those beasts and had one removed by a two man team last year because for one was touching the overhead electricity cable so we had a notice sent to us for agreement to cut it down...that would be free but they cut and drop and the owner has the responsibility of the removal..happened to us the 1st year we moved here and just know what a nightmare that was...where is the lesson learned emoj when you need one....Shade is why we keep kept those beasts as when its 40 degrees, love those trees...Talking love your garden is beautiful and brought me back to our Bexhill home although it was on a steep slope to the front it was filled with trees and shrubs and two ponds that we made into a running stream in between the two..Here is completely different was wild and very neglected but we have gradually turned it around. Photos I am still having blond moments with but plenty of time to work on that....We have a silver birch which is attractive and needs little trimming....

 

Our neighbour shares his with us from the side and our neighbour at the end of our garden gets to share as well .. No idea why they moved here with near on an acre of land that is only used by 4 hunting dogs...The reason you will see at some stage why we have had to add high mesh to our walls and fences, although it is mostly discrete.
We have a lot of Laurels as a Hedge to the north where it joins the road, it does require pruning each season but the Privacy is 100%. We have lots of different cutting/pruning tools and have spent a fortune on them but it all came out of my husband clothing allowance so we did not have any quarms about that...win win

 

We've recently had quite a lot of old firs chopped down which was the easy part. The hard part is digging the roots out, its taking the two of us more or less a morning to dig one out