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evergreen hedging suggestions please
Dear All,
We live in a flat with a communal garden area. We would like to plant something that will screen a 40m x 5ft glavanised steel fence and give us more privacy. As our experience is limited I hoped you might help by providing some hedging or plant suggestions. Our requirements are that: -It will need to require minimum maintenance, so ideally not grow outwards too much and not grow much above 2m in height.(So as not to increase our maintenance charge) -It's evergreen. -It's dense. -Hopefully fast growing. Our local garden centre recommended bare rooted Laurel planted at 1m intervals. He said that once it reaches 2m, it should be cut to that height and will not tend to go above this. How much would it be likely to bush outwards? Thanks for your help! Regards, Nick |
evergreen hedging suggestions please
On Jan 21, 1:46 pm, wrote:
Dear All, We live in a flat with a communal garden area. We would like to plant something that will screen a 40m x 5ft glavanised steel fence and give us more privacy. As our experience is limited I hoped you might help by providing some hedging or plant suggestions. Our requirements are that: -It will need to require minimum maintenance, so ideally not grow outwards too much and not grow much above 2m in height.(So as not to increase our maintenance charge) -It's evergreen. -It's dense. -Hopefully fast growing. Our local garden centre recommended bare rooted Laurel planted at 1m intervals. He said that once it reaches 2m, it should be cut to that height and will not tend to go above this. How much would it be likely to bush outwards? Thanks for your help! Regards, Nick Fast growing and low maintenance are mutually exclusive. You will have to cut/trim it at least once a year. That is routine, however and can be done on contract by landscape maintenence companies or by you (you just need electric or petrol hedge trimmers and some way of disposing of the clippings). Everything will grow outwards but e.g. Laurel can just be trimmed each year to contain it. Leylandii hedging will be extremely fast to grow but is a horrible plant and is not low maintenance. Laurel is dull but easy to manage. Also have privet or Griselinia. Yew is fantastic but very slow to get started. Des "hedging my bets here" |
evergreen hedging suggestions please
On 21/1/08 13:46, in article
, " wrote: Dear All, We live in a flat with a communal garden area. We would like to plant something that will screen a 40m x 5ft glavanised steel fence and give us more privacy. As our experience is limited I hoped you might help by providing some hedging or plant suggestions. Our requirements are that: -It will need to require minimum maintenance, so ideally not grow outwards too much and not grow much above 2m in height.(So as not to increase our maintenance charge) -It's evergreen. -It's dense. -Hopefully fast growing. Our local garden centre recommended bare rooted Laurel planted at 1m intervals. He said that once it reaches 2m, it should be cut to that height and will not tend to go above this. How much would it be likely to bush outwards? This site might help you. It gives some clear info on various types of hedging, including laurel. Under e.g. Laurel, it gives a calculator facility so that you can work out what you need. But pretty much any hedge is going to need clipping back at least once a year. Depending on where you live, you could consider Camellias, which can be kept to size and which will have the added benefit of flowers, too. I've seen them grown clipped very close against a house wall. Escallonias make lovely hedges in milder areas and Griselinia is tolerant of salt winds - planting two plain ones, alternating with two variegated ones and so on, gives an interesting 'tapestry' effect, as it's called. http://www.buckingham-nurseries.co.u...ew_hedges.html -- 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.' |
evergreen hedging suggestions please
Aries says...
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:46:20 -0800 (PST), wrote: Dear All, We live in a flat with a communal garden area. We would like to plant something that will screen a 40m x 5ft glavanised steel fence and give us more privacy. As our experience is limited I hoped you might help by providing some hedging or plant suggestions. Our requirements are that: -It will need to require minimum maintenance, so ideally not grow outwards too much and not grow much above 2m in height.(So as not to increase our maintenance charge) -It's evergreen. -It's dense. -Hopefully fast growing. Our local garden centre recommended bare rooted Laurel planted at 1m intervals. He said that once it reaches 2m, it should be cut to that height and will not tend to go above this. How much would it be likely to bush outwards? Thanks for your help! Regards, Nick How about an evergreen Clematis? http://www.goscote.co.uk/goscote/cli...s.htm#CLEMATIS You beat me to it! I was going to suggest a clematis. With something to cling on to such as a bit of trellis they can make a lovely hedge and not too much maintenance. I've seen some really nice ones with pink Montana, though it isn't evergreen. -- David in Normandy |
evergreen hedging suggestions please
On 21 Jan, 13:46, wrote:
We live in a flat with a communal garden area. We would like to plant something that will screen a 40m x 5ft glavanised steel fence and give us more privacy. (snip) Our local garden centre recommended bare rooted Laurel planted at 1m intervals. He said that once it reaches 2m, it should be cut to that height and will not tend to go above this. How much would it be likely to bush outwards? Laurels/aucubas will bush outwards and fill out very quickly indeed. They are really boring though - dusty and very 'municipal' looking. Mixing different types of hedge plants would be interesting to look at, increasing varieties would increase wild life and in turn will be so much more interesting to look at in winter. I would do a fantastic mix - but I think that's not what you want ... Beech hedges are beautiful (not suitable for wet soil, shade or chalky soil) and keep their 'dead' copper leaves on in winter, though shed them to be replaced by young vivid green ones in spring. With any choices of hedges you will have some form of maintenance to do at some point or another. Plants are alive - grow is what they do. 40m is a long fence to cover with clematis alone. If your budget allows and have patience, and style, beech would be brilliant. |
evergreen hedging suggestions please
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, says... Dear All, We live in a flat with a communal garden area. We would like to plant something that will screen a 40m x 5ft glavanised steel fence and give us more privacy. As our experience is limited I hoped you might help by providing some hedging or plant suggestions. Our requirements are that: -It will need to require minimum maintenance, so ideally not grow outwards too much and not grow much above 2m in height.(So as not to increase our maintenance charge) -It's evergreen. -It's dense. -Hopefully fast growing. Our local garden centre recommended bare rooted Laurel planted at 1m intervals. He said that once it reaches 2m, it should be cut to that height and will not tend to go above this. How much would it be likely to bush outwards? Thanks for your help! Regards, Nick Avoid laurel it requires hand cutting or it will be covered in half brown leaves a lot of the time, Esscallonia used to be good but a new fungal disease doing the rounds in Cornwall is sure to reach the rest of the country and it makes them look unsightly. Avoid any thing that can not be pruned hard like Lelandii, I don't like Privet or so called box which is really Lonicera nitida as both only look good for about 1 week of the year after cutting! Yew is good, will take about 4 years to make a decent hedge but will not need attention more than once a year. I like the Myrtle family but I am not sure where you are, they do better in the south and west something like Luma chequen (was a myrtle) would have lovely aromatic foliage and is fast growing but neat evergreen which can be hard pruned if required. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
evergreen hedging suggestions please
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evergreen hedging suggestions please
On 21/1/08 16:22, in article ,
"Aries" wrote: On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:04:29 +0100, David in Normandy wrote: Aries says... [39 quoted lines suppressed] You beat me to it! I was going to suggest a clematis. With something to cling on to such as a bit of trellis they can make a lovely hedge and not too much maintenance. I've seen some really nice ones with pink Montana, though it isn't evergreen. This is an evergreen variety I've grown - Clematis armandii http://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/Pr...roductID=12544 It's lovely but it's tender. I think Clematis might be a bit too sparse to really cover something ugly which they want to block completely. Of course, if they go with Camellias, they can grow later flowering Clematis through them and get the bonus of more flowers, using the Camellias as a climbing frame. ;-) -- 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.' |
evergreen hedging suggestions please
Aries says...
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:04:29 +0100, David in Normandy wrote: Aries says... [39 quoted lines suppressed] You beat me to it! I was going to suggest a clematis. With something to cling on to such as a bit of trellis they can make a lovely hedge and not too much maintenance. I've seen some really nice ones with pink Montana, though it isn't evergreen. This is an evergreen variety I've grown - Clematis armandii http://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/Pr...roductID=12544 I've got an armandii too. The plant label said it grew to 20 metres! So I've given it the job of covering our old derelict barn from the North side. It has got a way to go yet - it's only one year old now. The South side of the barn had two Montana's (pink and white) and another two clematis the names of which escape me at the moment. For extra coverage there is also a Russian vine, wisteria passion flower, and honey suckle. Between them all they should eventually cover the barn. -- David in Normandy |
evergreen hedging suggestions please
On 21 Jan, 16:38, David in Normandy wrote:
For extra coverage there is also a Russian vine, wisteria passion flower, and honey suckle. Between them all they should eventually cover the barn. Oh my ... sounds wonderful! I've got all of them but not in the same place on the same building! You'll have a job pruning all this, no?! Our spring honey suckle has died last year after 8 years. It picked up a bit but that spot got really dry so I took cuttings and took it all out. I'm glad because in a way, I had always regretted not to have a summer flowering variety. Perhaps someone above heard me ;o) |
evergreen hedging suggestions please
On 21/1/08 16:51, in article ,
"Aries" wrote: On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:38:32 +0000, Sacha wrote: if they go with Camellias, they can grow later flowering Clematis through them and get the bonus of more flowers, using the Camellias as a climbing frame. ;-) Ah, now there speaks the voice of an expert. Sounds good to me :) I'm not an expert - I just married one. ;-) But in fact, I've seen this done in more than one garden and if the right plants are chosen, it's spectacular. I've seen Clematis Marie Boisselot growing through a Camellia and done a major double take. Of course, if the OP decides to do that, he will have to do a little research into which Clematis will take the hacking back the Camellias will require if it's really that important to keep them small. But Camellias do make a lovely hedge - he has to check it isn't lime soil though. -- 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.' |
evergreen hedging suggestions please
you could always try berberis , it will flower is evergreen,and can be cut
back hard to renew the plant or you what about pyracantha it can be trained up the fence , its also evergreen flowers in spring then is cover in red ,yellow or orange berries depending on which variety you choose try looking at this web site http://www.hopesgrove.avenell.myzen.co.uk/ this will give you a cost and a look at some of the hedges available rgds Andy wrote in message ... Dear All, We live in a flat with a communal garden area. We would like to plant something that will screen a 40m x 5ft glavanised steel fence and give us more privacy. As our experience is limited I hoped you might help by providing some hedging or plant suggestions. Our requirements are that: -It will need to require minimum maintenance, so ideally not grow outwards too much and not grow much above 2m in height.(So as not to increase our maintenance charge) -It's evergreen. -It's dense. -Hopefully fast growing. Our local garden centre recommended bare rooted Laurel planted at 1m intervals. He said that once it reaches 2m, it should be cut to that height and will not tend to go above this. How much would it be likely to bush outwards? Thanks for your help! Regards, Nick |
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evergreen hedging suggestions please
nick wrote We live in a flat with a communal garden area. We would like to plant something that will screen a 40m x 5ft glavanised steel fence and give us more privacy. As our experience is limited I hoped you might help by providing some hedging or plant suggestions. Our requirements are that: -It will need to require minimum maintenance, so ideally not grow outwards too much and not grow much above 2m in height.(So as not to increase our maintenance charge) -It's evergreen. -It's dense. -Hopefully fast growing. Our local garden centre recommended bare rooted Laurel planted at 1m intervals. He said that once it reaches 2m, it should be cut to that height and will not tend to go above this. How much would it be likely to bush outwards? I've seen a rather nice hedge of that height made with some small leaf Ceanothus, not evergreen though but quite twiggy, needs a light trim once a year, flowers beautifully. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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