On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:41:57 -0000, "Iain A Gilroy"
wrote:

I want to plant a hedge that will "quickly" give me a low (2-3 feet high)
box shaped hedge.

What would I be best to use.

Remember that a plant which grows 2 or 3 feet rapidly will
continue growing at the same rate for quite a long time.

IOW, there's no plant like the one you want.


You might think Lonicera nitida would do, but it really needs to
be cut back very hard the first few years so it has a properly
thick base. A good hedge of L. nitida takes, in my estimation,
5-10 years to develop.

Another possibility is box, but you will likely have to pay a
high price for the full-sized plants you need. Otherwise it's too
slow growing.


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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada