'Mike' wrote:

10 Years ago I would have agreed with Mike, Escallonia but in some parts
of the country there is a dread disease that takes the leaves off them
and the eventually die.

What about allowing some plant of Lonicera japonica to infest the
existing hedge? there is on like it in the village and it smells
wonderful, gets clipped just like the rest of the hedge.


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

Charlie :-( That's what we have got in another section of hedge
...................... and it's dying :-(

Escallonia fine :-))

Mike


Maybe I should put both in ;-

Yes - I am serious! It's already a blend...
--
Tim Watts