I would remove bird of paradise as they can get very messy around a pool. Both of your suggestions are great, just consider if any flowers will impact your looking after the pool.

Thank you Julie and Caroline. Both helpful comments. Getting out the BOP will be a pain but necessary I think. I hadn't heard of this new viburnum. I'll look into these ones.

Hi Kylie, look at OzBreed varieties 'Quick Fence' and 'Dense Fence'. They're stocked by a few different places, the OzBreed site will advise where they're stocked too. Best of luck! I'm also considering the same varieties at the moment

Forgot to add, they're Viburnum varieties too. Emerald lustre is stocked at most nurseries it seems too, including Bunnings

Thank you. I'll check out OzBreeds.