On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 22:25:55 GMT, Rodger Whitlock wrote:

On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 13:04:48 -0000, John Towill wrote:

Thanks for the replies to my original post as above. I would like the hedge
to be 2 feet max, which seems to rule out the lonicera nidida. The box
seems best except that the hedge will run roughly east/west and will be in
full sun. A search of the characteristics of box says part shade.
Any further help or comments would be appreciated. Sorry that I did not put
fuller details in my original post.

I suggest a dwarf berberis. Horribly unfashionable, but
serviceable.

Going downtown on the bus yesterday, I carefully watched passing
gardens for examples of low hedges and several more candidates
suggested themselves:

forsythia

flowering quinces (Chaenomeles)

Ilex crenata

Lonicera pileata (and perhaps other species)

some cotoneasters

Of course, all of these would need regular clipping.


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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada