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Newbie needs fast growing shrub/hedge with no flowers for boundary wall.
"Eloise" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm Eloise, new to the group, hi to everyone. The old fence that was attached to my five foot boundary wall has finally fallen down. It gave us total privacy from our neighbours but cannot be replaced with a new fence due to council restrictions on height. So, we need a fast growing evergreen that has no flowers. It needs to grow to be a dense hedge and only needs to be 5 1/2 - 6ft tall at the very most. My husband and I are more than happy to buy plants that are already four feet (120-150cms) tall. I do not want to plant Leylandii, we have always got on very well with our neighbours and want no disagreements. Life is too short to bicker. We live in Arshire but sand and sea/salt air are not a problem: we have the most beautuful soil. The shrubs/hedge would get sunlight from 8am all day long till 6ish in summer and be in a sheltered area. May I stress again, no flowering/berry shrubs. Thank you to everyone who might answer for your time and experience. I hope I have given enough information. Kind Regards, Eloise -- Eloise If you have the funds then Yew takes a lot of beating as it can be cut hard back in years to come with no damage to the hedge, well established fed and watered they will make around 18" of growth a year but have the advantage of being manageable, once they reach the desired size and you stop feeding growth slows to around 9" and one cut a year normally suffices. Many of the faster plants such as Privet and laurel have no off switch and will require twice a year cutting to look half decent. Avoid anything that can not be cut back into old wood (like leylandi) as they always end up looking awful -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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