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Old 30-12-2008, 11:21 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Plants Around Copper Beech

Hi all

Hoping that someone will be able to recommend some suitable plants for fence
screening.
The location is east yorkshire on clay soil.
The area is at the north west corner of our back garden. What I am looking
for is either hedging plants or reasonably self supporting climbers that
will grow under/alongside the canopy of a copper beech tree.
The tree is well established but has just been pruned to a height of 4-5m
and spread of about 4m.
The fence that encloses the tree on 2 boundaries of the garden is 2m high
and between 2 and 3m from the trunk.

Is there anything I can plant that will tolerate the shade (that will exist
while the tree is in leaf) and conditions noted above that will successfully
green-up this corner of the garden?

TIA

Phil