On 2/20/12 10:07 AM, Billy wrote:
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Higgs Boson wrote:

On Feb 20, 6:06 am, poppyseed
wrote:
Hello,

I am new to gardening and would would very much appreciate your advice.

I would like to plant a hedge around my front garden. It is currently
5m x 8m of lawn. The house is end of terrace and due to the very low
wall, the garden is quite exposed to people walking past, throwing
litter in etc. I was originally thinking of planting bare root privet
or laurel but realised that if I plant right up to the side of the
house, the roots could potentially cause problems.

So my plan now is to plant privet or laurels along the front garden wall
only. But am stumped about what to plant along the side running up to
the house. I love choisya ternata and would like to find some other
foundation plants that might go well with this and eventually grow bushy
/ high enough to create a decent barrier, without being invasive. Do
you have any suggestions?

The garden is North West facing and not overshadowed so gets a
reasonable amount of sun in the afternoons/evenings. It's a fairly
quiet street so not too much traffic, but there is some. I'd also
eventually like to plant a tree in the garden, as well as maybe a
climbing rose for the front wall, and possibly some raised beds for
vegetables. But as an inexperienced gardener I would like to start
slowly and make the right choices!

Thanks very much for your help.

--
poppyseed

Could you state where you are? It helps us to give advice if we know
a newbie's country, area within the country, climate (dry/wet/cold/
warm), etc.

HB

H.B., don't you see .co.uk in the header?

There are several different climates in the UK. Furthermore, just
because someone has an E-mail address with a UK domain does not mean
that person actually is in the UK.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary