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Old 17-06-2006, 09:18 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren
 
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Default Hedge advice for noobie please


In article ,
Greeno writes:
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| My garden is totally bricked over to allow off street parking. To one
| side of my garden is a wall approximately 4ft X 4ft.
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| I would like to add a hedge to to the wall to provide the above
| mentioned greenery and also privacy. The limitation I mentioned earlier
| is that I am unable to dig up the garden, although I believe I would be
| able to remove a few bricks.

Don't even think of a hedge - think of a climber that can be trained
up the wall and/or supports. There are a fair number that will do OK
with a gap into the soil of only 9" square and an area to climb of
only 6'x4'. It depends on the aspect and soil.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.