I am thinking of putting a hedge in my front garden.

I would like an evergreen, mixed cottage garden style hedge with
flowers coming through.

I was thinking of hornbeam or beech as a base with wild roses and
lilac.

I am not sure of the soil in our area. I live in Finchley, North
London. The soil appears to be clay based and quite clumpy. A lot of
the neighbours have privet hedges which do well.

The hedge will be about 30 feet from the house. The house had a
subsidence problem and has been underpinned recently so deep roots
would not be suitable.

Many thanks


Nicola Evans