On 01 Jun 2005 20:21:36 GMT, Crag
gansburg-dot-01-at-zen-dot-co-dot-uk wrote:

Evening all,

I've moved into a house that's got a nice, neat, well maintained conifer
hedge at the front of the garden (approx 6ft high). Now I gather that the
area underneath these trees is usually a no go area for other plants, but
is there anything I can plant under them that will grow up through and
provide such much needed colour and flowers?

Thanks,
Crag

The most spectacular thing I've seen growing through a conifer hedge,
is tropaeolum speciosum.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...ages/933.shtml
I saw it growing in a trimmed yew hedge, much taller than yours, at
Misarden Park, in Goucestershire. It is hard to get sestablished. I
never had much luck with it. Maybe others can tell you how, but the
bright red flowers on the surface of the dark green yew looked very
impressive.
It will depend on your soil, which I think needs to be acid,

Pam in Bristol