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Hedge that's quickish?
Rusty Hinge 2 writes
The message from Compo in Caithness contains these words: Birds feed on the hips in late winter. Fast growing and available as hedging plants from Fuchsia is a beautiful hedging plant but I have been unable to find it in the nurseries and had to grow mine from cuttings. Slow but they readily root from non-flowering tips. However, not all of them are hardy. And even the hardy ones die back to ground level in the eastern half of the country Hawthorn is perhaps one of the finest of hedging plants if you want to keep children out! Fast growing and responds well to clipping and shaping. Widely available. But the clippings are a chore to collect, and a meance if not collected. The thorns seem to get tougher and stronger as they dry out. Finally, Snowberry. This is a vigorous hedging plant .... In other words, needs trimming back fortnightly. It also suckers vigorously and tries to take over the entire garden -- Kay |
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