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Hedge - Mixing Hornbeam and Dogwood
"mountain_spring" wrote in message ... Hello, On my property I have plenty of hornbeam and dogwood transplants as well as some oak, dog rose and some other native plants. I would like to plant a 50 meters long hedge and I would like it to be about 1.5-2 meters high in 2-4 years. I would like it to be informal, natural looking hedge that I would trim once or mostly twice per year. Would it work if I mix hornbeam with dogwood and other plants, or should I use hornbeam only since I have it most? Should I plant in one or two rows, and how many plants per meter? Thanks a lot, Mountain As I understand it, hornbeam is relatively slow growing, giving a particularly heavy wood for fuel purposes. Dogwood is fast growing and suckers horrendously. Of course, a lot depends on your soil, but I would accompany your hornbeam with hazel, hawthorn and blackthorn - almost anything but dogwood I would say... (But I'm not a butterfly, so perhaps one or two.) S |
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