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Step 1
If you wish to establish privacy on a deck or patio during the spring and summer months using live plants you need to select fast growing, easy maintenance plants such as various types of ivy, climbing spinach, or hummingbird vine. Black-eyed Susan vine and morning glories also make good partition plants and their blooms add beauty to your deck or patio. Green bean vines make a great partition. They grow fast, look beautiful, and provide food as well as privacy.
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Step 2
If you have a railing around your deck, grow your partition in planters on top of the railing. If you can attach lattice to the deck you can weave your vines into the lattice pattern. If you can't attach the lattice to your deck, then you can place the lattice along the inside edge of the planters. A trellis is also an option. Just place it in the planter and get the vine started up the trellis. You can hang a collection of baskets filled with trailing plants across the top of a porch to provide privacy on your porch.
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Step 3
To create a living partition inside your home you will have to select plants that do well in the type of lighting you have inside. As a general rule, Philodendron, Pothos, and indoor varieties of ivy are easy to grow. You can hang baskets filled with these plants above windows to create a living window treatment. Or, you can put a shelf above the window and set several pots filled with trailing plants on the shelf.
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Step 4
To create a larger partition using plants, you might want to invest in several long planters or large pottery containers in which to place your plants. Just as with the outdoor planters, put a trellis or piece of lattice inside the planters for the vines to climb. Arrange the containers so that they form a barrier between the two areas you want to separate and let the plants do the remainder of the work.
