On 17/6/07 16:57, in article , "Space"
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 17/6/07 16:45, in article , "Space"
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Does anyone have the above?

I have a row of about 8 leylandi that I want to take down and replace
with a
beech hedge. I'm looking for an evergreen hedge, and I can see that
beech
is deciduous.

The blurb I have come across states
"Strictly speaking, Beech is deciduous, but its crisp copper leaves,
which
stay on the plant until pushed off by the new bright green growth in
spring,
make it a great alternative to an evergreen hedge"

How true is the statement?

It's absolutely true if you keep your hedge to below 8' or so. The leaves
dry as if they would fall off but they don't.


cheers

whilst I am pondering, (I have a while, will hopefully plant the hedge in
September), I now need to figure out how many I need!!

About 2' apart should be good enough. Take out the tip of the leader next
spring, so as to encourage side shoots to form lower down on the trunk of
each plant. If you can, get bare rooted stock from a local nursery and
these should cost you much less as autumn plants than any container grown
ones. Keep the hedge well-watered if we have a dry spell.
However, I think you will need to get the leylandii roots out because as
they rot down slowly, they will change the composition of your soil and
might harm the beech. Can you remove the roots, do you think?


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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)