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Can I Buy Hedge Plants at This Time of Year
Hi all
Have received planning permission for a fence but it has to be screened by plants. Can I buy hedge plants at this time of year? I am considering Escallonia, Ceanothus, Pittosporum, Hebe, Cotoneaster, Photinia etc TIA Phil |
Can I Buy Hedge Plants at This Time of Year
On 19/6/08 13:41, in article
, "TheScullster" wrote: Hi all Have received planning permission for a fence but it has to be screened by plants. Can I buy hedge plants at this time of year? I am considering Escallonia, Ceanothus, Pittosporum, Hebe, Cotoneaster, Photinia etc You can buy container grown plants at any time of year and right now they'll get off to a good start as the soil has warmed up. But if you want to buy bare root plants you need to wait until autumn. They're not lifted until their leaves have fallen. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online but not completed - shop to come and some mild tweaking to do!) |
Can I Buy Hedge Plants at This Time of Year
"Sacha" wrote You can buy container grown plants at any time of year and right now they'll get off to a good start as the soil has warmed up. But if you want to buy bare root plants you need to wait until autumn. They're not lifted until their leaves have fallen. -- Sacha Thanks Sacha Phil |
Can I Buy Hedge Plants at This Time of Year
On 19/6/08 16:54, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:47:55 +0100, "TheScullster" wrote: "Sacha" wrote You can buy container grown plants at any time of year and right now they'll get off to a good start as the soil has warmed up. But if you want to buy bare root plants you need to wait until autumn. They're not lifted until their leaves have fallen. -- Sacha Thanks Sacha IME They cost much more in pots than when sold with bare roots. Definitely. But they'll be bigger plants. And of course, it depends on how soon the OP wants to see some results. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online but not completed - shop to come and some mild tweaking to do!) |
Can I Buy Hedge Plants at This Time of Year
On 19/6/08 23:35, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:07:16 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 19/6/08 17:33, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:09:59 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 19/6/08 16:54, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:47:55 +0100, "TheScullster" wrote: "Sacha" wrote You can buy container grown plants at any time of year and right now they'll get off to a good start as the soil has warmed up. But if you want to buy bare root plants you need to wait until autumn. They're not lifted until their leaves have fallen. -- Sacha Thanks Sacha IME They cost much more in pots than when sold with bare roots. Definitely. But they'll be bigger plants. And of course, it depends on how soon the OP wants to see some results. and from our experience it might work out cheaper per surviving plant and at least the buyer can tell the difference between copper beech, beech and hornbeam, when the plants have their leaves. I try to understand why Dutch garden centres manage to mix up their plants so much. No idea as to the last bit. Ours come in in bundles and are displayed as such but there's no compulsion to buy a whole bundle! If one wants to grow a whole hedge one needs to buy a reasonable number. A reputable nursery or specialist should help the customer work out what they need. But I must say that quite often customers do come to buy hedging and we ask them how long is the hedge going to be and it turns out they haven't measured it! Forgive me, but you sound a bit disillusioned! :o) If buying container grown or bare root plants from a reputable company - and there are some in UK who specialise in hedging - there should be no problem as long as the ground is well prepared and the new hedge is well-watered. Bare root is certainly cheaper but ultimately, it depends on what the customer wants in terms of waiting for developments or having a bit of instant cover. I'm in my 60s so I'd probably go for container grown. If I were in my 30s and pretty sure I'd be staying in a house for a goodish time, I'd go for bare root. It's 30 years since we first tried to plant a new hedge and we are almost there, other than the variety of plants that make up the hedge isn't what we planned. Yes, I remember you telling me that you'd been rather 'palmed off' with stuff that wasn't what you expected. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online but not completed - shop to come and some mild tweaking to do!) |
Can I Buy Hedge Plants at This Time of Year
On Jun 20, 9:42 am, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:24:45 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 19/6/08 23:35, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:07:16 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 19/6/08 17:33, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:09:59 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 19/6/08 16:54, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:47:55 +0100, "TheScullster" wrote: "Sacha" wrote You can buy container grown plants at any time of year and right now they'll get off to a good start as the soil has warmed up. But if you want to buy bare root plants you need to wait until autumn. They're not lifted until their leaves have fallen. -- Sacha Thanks Sacha IME They cost much more in pots than when sold with bare roots. Definitely. But they'll be bigger plants. And of course, it depends on how soon the OP wants to see some results. and from our experience it might work out cheaper per surviving plant and at least the buyer can tell the difference between copper beech, beech and hornbeam, when the plants have their leaves. I try to understand why Dutch garden centres manage to mix up their plants so much. No idea as to the last bit. Ours come in in bundles and are displayed as such but there's no compulsion to buy a whole bundle! If one wants to grow a whole hedge one needs to buy a reasonable number. A reputable nursery or specialist should help the customer work out what they need. But I must say that quite often customers do come to buy hedging and we ask them how long is the hedge going to be and it turns out they haven't measured it! There seemed to be disagreement here about the planting density needed to make a good hedge. Forgive me, but you sound a bit disillusioned! :o) If buying container grown or bare root plants from a reputable company - and there are some in UK who specialise in hedging - there should be no problem as long as the ground is well prepared and the new hedge is well-watered. Bare root is certainly cheaper but ultimately, it depends on what the customer wants in terms of waiting for developments or having a bit of instant cover. I'm in my 60s so I'd probably go for container grown. If I were in my 30s and pretty sure I'd be staying in a house for a goodish time, I'd go for bare root. It's 30 years since we first tried to plant a new hedge and we are almost there, other than the variety of plants that make up the hedge isn't what we planned. Yes, I remember you telling me that you'd been rather 'palmed off' with stuff that wasn't what you expected. and the four beech plants that survived from the 57 that we bought in three batches of 19 from Bakker in NL. These 4 survivors now turn out to be three beech and one hornbeam. We are doing much better buying from two other garden centres other than the copper beech being mixed with ordinary beech plants. -- Martin I remember you telling us about the hornbeam, how big is that now? Judith |
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