"Crag" gansburg-dot-01-at-zen-dot-co-dot-uk wrote in message
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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

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I think this 'no-go' business about the area under conifers is overdone a
bit.
Granted, as I'm in Devon I get a fair bit more rain than areas further east,
but
for instance I have grown Sweet Woodruff and Feverfew under my Leylandii
hedge ( they have 18-24" of headroom to grow into ) without them showing
signs of distress. I plan to try more adventurous plantings in future to see
how they fair.

Andy.