Protect your own balcony from prying eyes
As a rule, balcony plants are not particularly tall in height, but rather grow hanging around in this way the often not exactly aesthetic balcony parapet closes with a real rain of flowers cover up. So in order to achieve a certain level of privacy in the sense of extending the balcony parapet upwards, it would be better to use "standing" variants of Geraniums, Fuchsias and Petunias for planting the Window boxes(€ 109.00 at Amazon *) to be selected. So that these can show healthy growth, they must be watered daily in the morning or evening on hot days. In addition, it can't hurt to provide the plants with a suitable liquid fertilizer about every two weeks.
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Plant flower boxes with tall plants
as blooming privacy screen there are also various for the balcony flower how Gladiolus and tulips into consideration. Perennial blooms also offer a pretty shrub or bed rose, but this sometimes needs to be protected from the winter cold on the balcony. In some cases, conifers and sapling such as Thuja occidentalis and the box are also used for the
evergreenPrivacy hedge used on the balcony. If this is permitted at all according to the respective house rules, the trees should be cut back regularly. Oversized specimens offer the wind a lot of attack surface during autumn squalls and in the worst case can even detach parts of the balcony parapet from their anchoring.Climbing plants on the balcony
Basically, a balcony can also be flowered with pretty flowers Climbing plants be protected from the prying eyes of the neighbors. However, if it is a question of the balcony of an apartment building with neighbors above and below your own balcony, rampant climbing plants such as wisteria or wild wine are not advisable. For the greening of nets and trellises, it is better to use an annual and therefore rapidly growing one Climbing plant:
- Clematis (Clematis)
- Creeping nasturtiums
- Black-eyed Susan
- Morning glory
Bamboo as a privacy screen on the balcony
Bamboo is also enjoying growing popularity as a privacy protection plant on the balcony, as it (ideally) offers green leaves all year round and an attractive appearance. When choosing plants, be sure to pay attention to low-growing varieties and note that many varieties are not necessarily hardy in the exposed position on a balcony.
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Many types of bamboo are only suitable as balcony plants to a very limited extent due to their growth characteristics and location requirements. Alternatively, sweet grasses like that Zebra grass are used instead of bamboo, but these also require relatively tall planters for their pronounced roots.
