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Originally Posted by jeepster1961
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,
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Really you need to let the hedge grow to at least to 6ft. Any less than that would not do them much good. I wouldn't bother with the holly. the thuja is quite fast growing and will probably kill it.
I am not sure which tall conifers you are referring to. There are several different species called ........ columnar so without more info not much help.