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Hedge from just simple cuttings
Someone wants to make a simple fast 'year-round' hedge screen (just about
two metres high or a bit less) and is wondering what would make some kind of hedge simply from sticking cuttings in the ground. Was amazed some time ago when someone put some completely shaved of bark and chopped off, thin tree trunks in the ground as fence posts and after a little while shoots appeared up and down them. So i'm gussing some cuttings can 'more or less' just be stuck in the ground to produce a hedge screen. But what kind of plants should i take such cuttings from? Thanks. |
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Hedge from just simple cuttings
On 10/05/2011 12:03, john ryan wrote:
Someone wants to make a simple fast 'year-round' hedge screen (just about two metres high or a bit less) and is wondering what would make some kind of hedge simply from sticking cuttings in the ground. Was amazed some time ago when someone put some completely shaved of bark and chopped off, thin tree trunks in the ground as fence posts and after a little while shoots appeared up and down them. So i'm gussing some cuttings can 'more or less' just be stuck in the ground to produce a hedge screen. But what kind of plants should i take such cuttings from? Thanks. Pyracanthus works very well from cuttings stuffed in the ground. I've made some free hedges with those. Another free hedge is to collect the hips off some rosa rugossa and plant them in pots. After a year you'll have some nice sized seedlings to make a hedge with. I've done that too. Rosa rugossa makes a fantastic colourful and heavily scented hedge. Interestingly by growing the rose hedge from seed the plants haven't come true and there is a mixture of white flowers, deep pink flowers and varying numbers of petals. Very attractive. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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On 05/10/2011 02:18 PM, David in Normandy wrote:
On 10/05/2011 12:03, john ryan wrote: Someone wants to make a simple fast 'year-round' hedge screen (just about two metres high or a bit less) and is wondering what would make some kind of hedge simply from sticking cuttings in the ground. Was amazed some time ago when someone put some completely shaved of bark and chopped off, thin tree trunks in the ground as fence posts and after a little while shoots appeared up and down them. So i'm gussing some cuttings can 'more or less' just be stuck in the ground to produce a hedge screen. But what kind of plants should i take such cuttings from? Thanks. Pyracanthus works very well from cuttings stuffed in the ground. I've made some free hedges with those. Another free hedge is to collect the hips off some rosa rugossa and plant them in pots. After a year you'll have some nice sized seedlings to make a hedge with. I've done that too. Rosa rugossa makes a fantastic colourful and heavily scented hedge. Interestingly by growing the rose hedge from seed the plants haven't come true and there is a mixture of white flowers, deep pink flowers and varying numbers of petals. Very attractive. Interesting, I'll have to try that with the pyracanthas. Do you take the cuttings in fall or winter? I've got a nice big white Rosa rugosa that was started this way too. Have also succeeded starting plants with Laburnum and common Poplar by sticking cuttings in ground in winter. -E |
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On 10/05/2011 16:04, Emery Davis wrote:
On 05/10/2011 02:18 PM, David in Normandy wrote: On 10/05/2011 12:03, john ryan wrote: Someone wants to make a simple fast 'year-round' hedge screen (just about two metres high or a bit less) and is wondering what would make some kind of hedge simply from sticking cuttings in the ground. Was amazed some time ago when someone put some completely shaved of bark and chopped off, thin tree trunks in the ground as fence posts and after a little while shoots appeared up and down them. So i'm gussing some cuttings can 'more or less' just be stuck in the ground to produce a hedge screen. But what kind of plants should i take such cuttings from? Thanks. Pyracanthus works very well from cuttings stuffed in the ground. I've made some free hedges with those. Another free hedge is to collect the hips off some rosa rugossa and plant them in pots. After a year you'll have some nice sized seedlings to make a hedge with. I've done that too. Rosa rugossa makes a fantastic colourful and heavily scented hedge. Interestingly by growing the rose hedge from seed the plants haven't come true and there is a mixture of white flowers, deep pink flowers and varying numbers of petals. Very attractive. Interesting, I'll have to try that with the pyracanthas. Do you take the cuttings in fall or winter? I've got a nice big white Rosa rugosa that was started this way too. Have also succeeded starting plants with Laburnum and common Poplar by sticking cuttings in ground in winter. -E I take the pyracanthas cuttings in fall. The stems for cuttings need to be a bit less than pencil thickness. They fail to root if the cuttings are too thin or too thick. Keep them reasonably well watered so they don't dry out in hot sun, but other than that the success rate is around 80 - 90%. I take cuttings around 6 to 8 inches long and strip off all the lower leaves and any berries and plant them deeply so only an inch is above ground. I don't know how the "experts" do it, but that works well for me. Haven't tried laburnum or poplar. Someone once mentioned on here that rosa rugosa roots well from cuttings in Autumn, but personally I think growing them from seed is more interesting, plus you get the extra variety. I've always taken seeds from the deep pink ones. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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"john ryan" wrote in message ... Someone wants to make a simple fast 'year-round' hedge screen (just about two metres high or a bit less) and is wondering what would make some kind of hedge simply from sticking cuttings in the ground. Was amazed some time ago when someone put some completely shaved of bark and chopped off, thin tree trunks in the ground as fence posts and after a little while shoots appeared up and down them. So i'm gussing some cuttings can 'more or less' just be stuck in the ground to produce a hedge screen. But what kind of plants should i take such cuttings from? Thanks. I have been sticking Laurel cuttings in the ground and several have taken. All I have done is picked likely looking bits when I have cut the existing Laurel hedge and poked them in. If a little more care was taken with the time of year, preparation of the ground, and preparation of the cutting a lot more would probably survive. Mike |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2011-05-10 11:03:33 +0100, "john ryan" said: Someone wants to make a simple fast 'year-round' hedge screen (just about two metres high or a bit less) and is wondering what would make some kind of hedge simply from sticking cuttings in the ground. Was amazed some time ago when someone put some completely shaved of bark and chopped off, thin tree trunks in the ground as fence posts and after a little while shoots appeared up and down them. So i'm gussing some cuttings can 'more or less' just be stuck in the ground to produce a hedge screen. But what kind of plants should i take such cuttings from? Thanks. Willow will do that and can be woven to make a hedge/fence so that, even without leaves, it's almost impossible to see through it clearly. My husband did just this when he trimmed willows elsewhere in our garden. He stuck the cuttings into the ground around a pond here and over about 4 years, it's grown into a substantial hedge. BUT as you can see from the photos, it does need regular trimming or weaving in to make it higher and stronger. http://i56.tinypic.com/no7drt.jpg -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Willow logs are used by the Environment Agency to faclitate repairs to eroded riverbanks. vey effective. A log just left on the ground will sprout copiously. Bill |
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But within a few years they grow into trees, and a few years after that they topple over into the river. Unless you trim them. They're not low maintenance.
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"kay" wrote in message ... Bill Grey;921178 Wrote: Willow logs are used by the Environment Agency to faclitate repairs to eroded riverbanks. vey effective. A log just left on the ground will sprout copiously. But within a few years they grow into trees, and a few years after that they topple over into the river. Unless you trim them. They're not low maintenance. -- kay Your observations are noted, however I respect and prefer to believe the Environment Agency people know what they are doing. Bill |
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I don't know if you'd count this as a hedge as such but it's certainly working for me. I collect Buddlejas and have been sticking non flowering small branches in the ground in autumn down the side of the low fence in my back garden. Some I've grown as small "trees" by stripping off the lower branches as they appear and some I've left as bushy shrubs. The leaves mostly drop in winter but as I'm not sitting out in the garden then, or using it as another room to entertain in, I don't mind the lack of privacy then and the many bees and butterflies visiting in the summer more than make up for the bareness in winter. And the flowers are just beautiful I am very excited that the RHS has brought out a new one this summer - it looks like it's pink and butterscotch - can't wait until they're on sale ! One is going to the right of the front door and will be grown as a small tree.
I like the idea of collecting rosehips and planting them and will definitely try that this year. Thanks for the tip. |
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I would suggest that what I said in no way contradicts what you say about the Environment Agency practice, since you said nothing about the maintenance. I also know what I am doing.
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I made a panel for a garden centre 5 years ago - it held up well and has now been moved to the clients restaraunt ( her latest venture). My brief was to cheer up a tall gate that had to be permanently locked so I put a mirror on it and then hung an abstract panel in blues' greens, touch of brown and textured clears over it. |
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