On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:00:57 -0000
"PammyT" wrote:

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] "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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] If it were me I would put in a lightweight screen for instant privacy and
] plant Yew, green or gold (but not mixed!) Its easy to maintain and the
] birds
] love it to nest in and feed off.
] And yes its poisonous - but only if you eat it!
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] Or a cotoneaster hedge or mixed with cotoneaster, pyracantha, berberis.
] Nice and prickly for security and has flowers and berries for birds and bees
] and evergreenish.Stick a few rosa rugosa in too and it'll look lovely. Not
] sure if it'll get to 6 foot though.
] If you want instant privacy a fence would be better.
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That's a pretty sounding hedge, alright. How about a little
variegated euonymus for year round color, too?

Berberis darwinii certainly reaches 6 ft, pyracantha no problem,
there are some big cotoneasters (lactea?).

Will look less tidy than yew, of course.

-E

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