"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 7/8/07 08:47, in article
,
"Gill Matthews" Try the wrote:

In article ,
says...

"Draven" wrote in message
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I'm fighting a losing battle against dogs urinating on my box hedging,
at
the front of my garden, and making the plants die back.

The box hedging down the path is wonderful and indicates how nice the
front
one would have been.

I was going to take the front ones up and replace them with Lonicera
Nitida
Baggsen's Gold.

Would this fair better against the dogs?

I don't know about the dogs but i have found it difficult to keep
Lonicera
Nitida nice and compact and covered with leaves. the moment I turn my
back it
becomes afflicted with twiggy bits that only have leaves on the end. I
don't
know what variety mine is bit it has variegated yellow and green leaves.
ISTR
that gardeners worl program tried it as edging in a formal garden and
then
ripped it out for the same reason

Gill, we've grown this as a sort of pillar on one side of a pergola and it
looks lovely. It gets close clipped once or twice a year and is growing
on
a stony path with good drainage but not very good soil. I don't know if
those growing conditions make any difference. I think ours is Baggesen's
Gold and again, I'll take a photo and put it up for you to see.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'


I've been trying to find a picture on the net of a Lonicera hedge, no joy.

Please put up your pic.