Tall cheep planting for borders???
I'm very new to gardening and have a low fence separating my garden and my neighbours. I would like some bushes which would screen my garden. I'm on a tight budget and can't afford fully grown plants of up to 6ft. I need something more affordable which grows quickly. I'm south facing have good drainage and live in the North East of England. Does anyone have any ideas please?
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Tall cheep planting for borders???
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:11:42 +0000, muddy feet
wrote: I'm very new to gardening and have a low fence separating my garden and my neighbours. I would like some bushes which would screen my garden. I'm on a tight budget and can't afford fully grown plants of up to 6ft. I need something more affordable which grows quickly. I'm south facing have good drainage and live in the North East of England. Does anyone have any ideas please? The Bird of Paradise Flower (Strelitzia) is tall and may cheep, but it may not grow well in your garden :( |
Tall cheep planting for borders???
On 29 July, 23:04, Sacha wrote:
On 2010-07-29 21:11:42 +0100, muddy feet said: I'm very new to gardening and have a low fence separating my garden and my neighbours. I would like some bushes which would screen my garden. I'm on a tight budget and can't afford fully grown plants of up to 6ft. I need something more affordable which grows quickly. I'm south facing have good drainage and live in the North East of England. Does anyone have any ideas please? I'd suggest you do a Google search for companies that specialise in hedging. *Many have plants sold at very reasonable prices. -- Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Above is true. Don't go to garden centres either, you will get ripped off. Go to a local tree nursery. Most hedging shrubs are sold for fifty pence or less there. |
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That said, I have a number of hedges in my garden, and the one I find least trouble to maintain is the "laurel" hedge. It had been allowed to get overgrown by the previous owner, and was a hell of a job to reduce to a reasonable size. But now it is of intended size, it is easy to keep it to size by regular clipping with electric hedgeclipping shears. Depending on the weather, needs doing once or twice a year (twice when there is a damp spring). The reason it is easy to prune is that the shoots are fairly soft to cut through, provided you keep at it, and don't miss a year. I have more attractive sections of hedge, for example Virburnum tinus, and Forsythia, but they need hand pruning because the wood gets hard quickly. If you want a more informal shrubbery, then those are cheap plants to include in one. I wouldn't put laurel in such a shrubbery though, it turns into a large tree. It is a good idea to mention a hedge in advance to your neighbour, so you can agree in advance how it will be maintained on your neighbour's side, to the extent it grows higher than the fence. |
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Tall cheep planting for borders???
"muddy feet" wrote in message ... I'm very new to gardening and have a low fence separating my garden and my neighbours. I would like some bushes which would screen my garden. I'm on a tight budget and can't afford fully grown plants of up to 6ft. I need something more affordable which grows quickly. I'm south facing have good drainage and live in the North East of England. Does anyone have any ideas please? -- muddy feet I have a 6foot fence between my neighbours, but they have placed decking, which is on large sleepers, so when they are on it they overlook our fencing! My remedy is Buddleia. I have placed it about 3 feet apart, its very fast growing, and although needs to be pruned, that's usually in March, when you rant really outside, and now mine are well over six feet tall in summertime. Pick the common variety, and you will soon have cheap screening, and lots of butterflies! |
Tall cheep planting for borders???
In message , kay
writes echinosum;895891 Wrote: That said, I have a number of hedges in my garden, and the one I find least trouble to maintain is the "laurel" hedge. ... But now it is of intended size, it is easy to keep it to size by regular clipping with electric hedgeclipping shears. ... The reason it is easy to prune is that the shoots are fairly soft to cut through, provided you keep at it, and don't miss a year. I have more attractive sections of hedge, for example Virburnum tinus, and Forsythia, but they need hand pruning because the wood gets hard quickly. I wouldn't have said that Forysthia produced hard wood. An interesting point.. I'd assumed there was an inverse relationship between growth rate and wood hardness,, ie a tree can either put it's effort into increasing density or to increasing length, it can't do both at the same time. Ash, for example, grows like the clappers, but 6ft shoots are still really soft and can be roughly chopped and put on the compost heap. There is indeed an inverse correlation, but it's not 100%. For example, Ribes sanguineum grows faster than Potentilla fruticosa, but it produces harder wood. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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