Windy situation - evergreens
I've just moved house (North Midlands). The neighbours say the front is
windy - it faces south. The soil is lime-free. I'm thinking of planting the following evergreen shrubs: Pieris Viburnum Davidii Photinia Laurel and: Lavatera "Barnsley" (is this a perennial?) Are they likely to thrive or even survive? Any other evergreen recommendations? They need to be 5 feet tall at least. Another Dave -- change nospam to f2s in e-mail |
Windy situation - evergreens
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Windy situation - evergreens
On 1/10/07 15:45, in article , "Another
Dave" wrote: I've just moved house (North Midlands). The neighbours say the front is windy - it faces south. The soil is lime-free. I'm thinking of planting the following evergreen shrubs: Pieris Viburnum Davidii Photinia Laurel and: Lavatera "Barnsley" (is this a perennial?) Yes but they're not that long-lived and can keel over for no apparent reason. Still worth growing, though because they're lovely. Are they likely to thrive or even survive? Any other evergreen recommendations? They need to be 5 feet tall at least. Another Dave I'd grow the laurel as a shelter belt hedge the full length of the windy edge. Then I'd use the others either in a shrubbery or as 'dot' plants in front of the hedge once established. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Windy situation - evergreens
"Another Dave" wrote in message ... I've just moved house (North Midlands). The neighbours say the front is windy - it faces south. The soil is lime-free. I'm thinking of planting the following evergreen shrubs: Pieris Viburnum Davidii Photinia Laurel and: Lavatera "Barnsley" (is this a perennial?) It's perennial but not evergreen and not very long lived - especially when subjected to wind. It's very pretty and is still flowering but fast growing and the limbs are brittle. I had one which was always losing branches. Mary |
Windy situation - evergreens
Uncle Marvo wrote:
I have no experience of Photinia, unless it goes by another name I don't know of :-) I understand it's also called "Red Robin". The variety I've got is "Fraserii". Another Dave -- change nospam to f2s in e-mail |
Windy situation - evergreens
Sacha wrote:
I'd grow the laurel as a shelter belt hedge the full length of the windy edge. Then I'd use the others either in a shrubbery or as 'dot' plants in front of the hedge once established. The house is called Hillcrest for a reason :) It's on a steep slope. I've just removed a Hawthorn hedge on top of a wall to expose the area in which I want to plant the shrubs. I removed the hedge because I couldn't reach the top of the hedge to clip it. The pavement slopes so that I can't use ladders. On the garden side there are a load of deciduous shrubs I want to get rid of because they're knackered. I think I can just about prune some shrubs from the garden side without falling into the road! Thanks for the suggestion though. I've used some stump killer on the Hawthorn. How long should I leave it before planting new stuff? Another Dave -- change nospam to f2s in e-mail |
Windy situation - evergreens
On 1/10/07 17:34, in article , "Another
Dave" wrote: Uncle Marvo wrote: I have no experience of Photinia, unless it goes by another name I don't know of :-) I understand it's also called "Red Robin". The variety I've got is "Fraserii". Another Dave Photinia x fraseri 'Red Robin' is a variety of Photinia. It looks wonderful in spring when the brightly coloured shoots are coming through. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Windy situation - evergreens
On 1/10/07 16:50, in article ,
"Mary Fisher" wrote: "Another Dave" wrote in message ... I've just moved house (North Midlands). The neighbours say the front is windy - it faces south. The soil is lime-free. I'm thinking of planting the following evergreen shrubs: Pieris Viburnum Davidii Photinia Laurel and: Lavatera "Barnsley" (is this a perennial?) It's perennial but not evergreen and not very long lived - especially when subjected to wind. It's very pretty and is still flowering but fast growing and the limbs are brittle. I had one which was always losing branches. Mary I'm afraid that's not quite correct. Lavatera 'Barnsley' is semi-evergreen. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Windy situation - evergreens
Sacha wrote:
On 1/10/07 17:34, in article , "Another Dave" wrote: Uncle Marvo wrote: I have no experience of Photinia, unless it goes by another name I don't know of :-) I understand it's also called "Red Robin". The variety I've got is "Fraserii". Another Dave Photinia x fraseri 'Red Robin' is a variety of Photinia. It looks wonderful in spring when the brightly coloured shoots are coming through. The downside is that it is vigiorous. My 7 year old has to lopped almost annually to keep it under 7 feet - but this does produce the best display of new red leaved shoots! Malcolm (a long time lurker) |
Windy situation - evergreens
malcolm i know this has nothing to do with this post but did u recive
the postal order for the iCubed Etherlan 500 card is so have you posted it? |
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