{"id":611976675654,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/hide-fence-without-plants\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:06","slug":"hide-fence-without-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/gardening\/hide-fence-without-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hide My Fence Without Growing Plants Over It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you can\u2019t use climbing plants and wall shrubs<\/a> to beautify your fence, that leaves either painting \/ staining it, or fixing a covering onto it.<\/p>\n

Painting or Staining a Fence Black<\/h3>\n

Cheap and easy to DIY.<\/p>\n

Filmmaker Mark Spencer<\/a> has the world\u2019s best video introduction to staining a fence black, which gives a dark charcoal grey finish.
This dark, natural colour of burnt wood is a winner that works with pretty much any planting scheme because it goes so well with most plants: both green leaves, and really any of the common ornamental bark colours, from grey to orange-red.
Mark left his concrete posts unpainted, which looks great contrasted with the black; from the corner of your eye, they are like tree trunks.<\/p>\n

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