Moved into this house a few weeks ago, with a row of 20 or so very badly overgrown Leylandii along a bank at the rear. They’d never ever been trimmed (since 1994), so were beyond maintenance now.
I got the tree guy to kill them by stripping all the branches off, but leaving the trunks, which I could then use as the main supports to build a high screen between my neighbours and me.
So what I plan to do is staple either sheep wire or plastic mesh all along between the trunks, to make a ten foot high framework, then grow honeysuckle, clematis montana etc up it.
Unfortunately the tree guy misunderstood my instructions, and lopped a couple of the trunks down to 6’ before I managed to stop him – I’m thinking pyracantha to fill those gaps.
Anyway, my question is… would I be better to use sheep wire (galvanised steel) or plastic mesh? The sheep wire is probably stronger, but will rust in time… the trellis probably not as strong, but theoretically could last forever.
What I don’t want is to spend 10 years growing a magnificent screen, only to see it all collapse…
Thoughts please, from anybody who has actual experience of using these materials long term?
I got the tree guy to kill them by stripping all the branches off, but leaving the trunks, which I could then use as the main supports to build a high screen between my neighbours and me.
So what I plan to do is staple either sheep wire or plastic mesh all along between the trunks, to make a ten foot high framework, then grow honeysuckle, clematis montana etc up it.
Unfortunately the tree guy misunderstood my instructions, and lopped a couple of the trunks down to 6’ before I managed to stop him – I’m thinking pyracantha to fill those gaps.
Anyway, my question is… would I be better to use sheep wire (galvanised steel) or plastic mesh? The sheep wire is probably stronger, but will rust in time… the trellis probably not as strong, but theoretically could last forever.
What I don’t want is to spend 10 years growing a magnificent screen, only to see it all collapse…
Thoughts please, from anybody who has actual experience of using these materials long term?