hello all

new member saying hello and needing a little bit of advice.

want to plant a hedge, approx 50 foot long, i want it to be approx 5 foot tall.

has anyone experience of Thuja plicata Atrovirens (western red cedar)?

if i planted a hedge of 3 foot tall plants would i be able to keep them trimmed to approx 5 foot without killing them. i was going to plant some holy or other plant in amongst them.i thought about erecting a fence but thought a hedge would be better for wildlife.

how wide would they grow?

i also need a couple of trees to hide our neighbours garage, the local council have given him permission to errect a garage, no problem with that but hes gone and bought a second hand concrete sectional one. it looks terrible.

anyway i have been advised to plant a couple of conifers columnarius is their name.

has anyone experience of these.

any help and advice is much appreciated,