"NogbadtheCool" wrote in message
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Hi all
Part of my fence around the garden is a row of ancient hawthorn, very
tall now and lovely with berries, but at the base they're old and
gappy. Anyone can stroll through.
Does anyone know if I chop them back to about head height will they re-
grow from the ground and make a nice impenetrable tangle, or will they
grow from head height again?
If the latter, any suggestions about filling in the gaps?
Many thanks
Jon

There are chances are that it will grow from head height. However, ""IF""
there are any 'live' branches from the bottom then to prune these back
'might' encourage growth.

What we have done is to grow Escallonia and Lonicera Nitida in the gaps and
'up through' our Hawthorn hedges when they got a bit thin at the bottom.

Hope that helps


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