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Hedge - Mixing Hornbeam and Dogwood
On 18 Sep, 18:24, mountain_spring mountain_spring.
wrote: 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 -- mountain_spring Natural hedges are one of the latest crazes with the planners these days. You need a double row @ 450mm centres. Hawthorn, holly, hazel, elderbery etc. It needs leaving 'til its about five or six feet high & then "laying" by bending the stems over horizontal. They might need a nick to make tem stay down. This gives a dense hedge that is more security proof than barbed wire. You don't want dogwood, not native & runs amok with suckers. |
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