Are you looking for an attractive privacy screen for your garden or terrace? Then choose a living plant privacy screen - not a dull lamella. Plant privacy screens bring countless benefits and can quickly provide a secure and private atmosphere with the right selection of species. Read for yourself!
Even though there are many options to protect your garden from prying eyes: hedges are undoubtedly the first choice for that. Just 50 years ago, mainly Thuja and Ligustrum were planted to ensure privacy in the garden or hide unsightly corners - today, many consider these robust shrubs as "green walls". Luckily, we now have a huge selection of different plants available that are suitable as privacy hedges. Many of them also offer additional qualities. How about the shiny-leafed holly Devil's Dream®, for example, ...
... a hedge that is not always just boring green but brings vibrant color and variety to your garden?
... a hedge that changes its appearance throughout the year and adds its own charm to each season?
... a hedge that serves as a nectar source for bees and other endangered insects during flowering and spoils birds with its berries in autumn?
... a hedge whose fruit decoration can also be used as durable home decoration in winter?
Admittedly, the red tip photinia (Photinia fraseri) with its interesting color change has been a popular alternative to traditional beech, privet or thuja hedges for several years. However, many garden owners found their growth too loose to feel truly protected.
A new variety changes that radically: Devil's Dream®, with its shorter shoots and good branching, forms a dense hedge after just a few years. Devil's Dream® grows loosely upright and bushy, with strong branching. Regular pruning further promotes branching, but is not necessarily required: those who prefer can let their privacy hedge grow naturally - Devil's Dream® looks just as good in its natural form as it does when neatly trimmed.
Another important difference compared to other privacy hedges or other Photinia varieties: Devil's Dream®, with its shiny, intensely fiery red sprouting, is probably the most color-intensive Photinia available.Thus, the visual barrier becomes the protagonist of garden design!
Reliable privacy protection with spectacular color change, bee-friendly, bird food, and Christmas decoration - that's quite a lot of advantages for a privacy plant all at once. Surprisingly, the list of benefits of Devil's Dream® doesn't end there. Because Devil's Dream® is versatile like the yew, uncomplicated like the privet, easy to trim like the thuja, and diverse like the beech hedge. Its winter hardiness of up to -20 °C is also impressive and a compelling reason to choose this plant for privacy protection. After all, who wants their privacy to waver in freezing temperatures?
Sometimes you want a cozy corner on the terrace all to yourself, and other times you want to shield a big terrace party from the prying eyes of neighbors. In these cases, choose a screening made of potted plants! By using planters on wheels or placing existing pots on plant rollers, you can always move your screening to wherever you need it. The Photinia fraseri Devil's Dream® is perfectly suited for this, as it is also great as a potted plant. Other screening plants that are happy to be part of this flexible program include certain varieties of thuja, firethorn, and barberry.
Maybe there are areas in your garden where you would like to have privacy screening but not a hedge. In that case, other plants that are dense and tall enough to provide the necessary protection are recommended. Here is a small selection: Grasses:
If you need screening that prevents views from above - for example, if your neighbor's window on the first floor directly overlooks your terrace - evergreen espalier trees on standard stems can be a great choice. They are also a smart solution if a lower wall needs to be raised upwards. The Photinia fraseri Devil's Dream® can be easily trained as a standard stem due to its excellent pruning tolerance, although not as a narrow espalier tree. Even in this "screening at a higher level," Devil's Dream® develops its enchanting color appearance. A true highlight as a visual barrier!
Shadow provider in the garden with the Photinia fraseri Devil's Dream®
Privacy screen in the garden: Glanzmispel Devil's Dream® for the garden and terrace
Evergreen hedge that delights with its joy of growth and play of colour