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have been used for centuries to create
separate garden spaces, to screen
for privacy and to conceal utility
areas. They also play an important
role as windbreaks, as screens along
busy roads and in reducing traffic
noise.
There are many reasons for planting
living screens including practical
measures such as trapping spray drift
at the urban rural interface. The
effectiveness of the screen will be
determined by the species chosen and
the planting design. In general, choose
evergreen plants with dense foliage
persisting right to the ground.
Plants suited to hedging can be good
screening plants.
Magazine Features:
Backhousia myrtifolia, Backhousia
citriodora, Syzygium species,
Decaspermum humile, Westringia
fruticosa, Melaleuca linariifolia,
Gossia (syn. Austromyrtus)
‘Blushing Beauty’.
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