Hello,

My name is Malcolm. I am a new gardner and very inexperienced. I live in NW UK.

I wish to establish a 15 metre row of rhododenron bushes to form a more or less solid hedge with a height of one to one and half metres to hide a wooden fence and to encorage wildlife into the gaden. Ideally, I would like to get a variety of plants to provide alonger flowering season and a range of different colours. Regrettably, i have a decidedly alkaline soil. The top soil is about 400 cm in depth. Beneath that is clay. Any advice would be appreciated.

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Many thanks

malcolm