Space wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 17/6/07 16:57, in article , "Space"
wrote:
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?
I'm not too sure. after blathering on about it for a few months I have
finally managed to convince my other half that the ugly trees should
go. I pointed out a copper beech hedge on a neighbouring estate and he
was sold to the idea. The ground is extremely dry near the trees as you
would expect but that is all that I know.
If need be, we will have to do this in stages. Remove leylandi soon,
and leave for a few months so we can treat the ground adequately for the
new hedge.
I have hedges all around my property, which is fairly large. There are
Beech (not copper), hawthorn and holly. In my opinion the holly are best
as regards Winter cover and also trimming. The holly I can get away with
trimming bi-annually, the beech annually and the hawthorn twice yearly.
However these hedges were here when I moved in, so I have no idea as to
their relative growth rate.