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Hawthorn hedge - interplanting for better winter screening?
"Tim Watts" wrote in message news Hi, I have a long length of hawthorn, which was 12' tall until a neighbour helped me take it back to around 4' last year - it is doing well now. It also contains several self planted holly bushes which I am nuturing and one or two other random things - a real hybrid. The only problem is the lack of screening in the winter months (we live in a bungalow and the bedrooms are on the ground floor). Plus there are a couple of places where entire hawthorns must have died years ago as there are big (3-4') gaps. Rest of the hawthorns are around 18-24" spacing between trunks. I'd like to add something else this autumn, at least into the gaps and if it is tolerant enough, perhaps in between hawthorns in a few other points where I'd like the hedge to be more consistently opaque/solid. The possibility to cut out a few more hawthorn trunks either now or later when the other plants take, is possible. What would the panel :- recommend as a possible plant that would live in a hybrid hawthorn hedge but assist with the visible screening? Could be an evergreen, or whatever else keeps its leaves alive or dead over winter. Another possibility might be some sort of climber that would mix in with the hawthorn. Ideally I'd like to achieve screening improvements in 12-24 months after planting. I could just chop it down and shove a well managed leylandii kept to 4-5' in, but it would be a shame to lose the old hybrid - it suits the character of the village and the wildlife seems to like it. Cheers for any ideas Tim -- Tim Watts 10 Years ago I would have agreed with Mike, Escallonia but in some parts of the country there is a dread disease that takes the leaves off them and the eventually die. What about allowing some plant of Lonicera japonica to infest the existing hedge? there is on like it in the village and it smells wonderful, gets clipped just like the rest of the hedge. -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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Hawthorn hedge - interplanting for better winter screening?
"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... "Tim Watts" wrote in message news Hi, I have a long length of hawthorn, which was 12' tall until a neighbour helped me take it back to around 4' last year - it is doing well now. It also contains several self planted holly bushes which I am nuturing and one or two other random things - a real hybrid. The only problem is the lack of screening in the winter months (we live in a bungalow and the bedrooms are on the ground floor). Plus there are a couple of places where entire hawthorns must have died years ago as there are big (3-4') gaps. Rest of the hawthorns are around 18-24" spacing between trunks. I'd like to add something else this autumn, at least into the gaps and if it is tolerant enough, perhaps in between hawthorns in a few other points where I'd like the hedge to be more consistently opaque/solid. The possibility to cut out a few more hawthorn trunks either now or later when the other plants take, is possible. What would the panel :- recommend as a possible plant that would live in a hybrid hawthorn hedge but assist with the visible screening? Could be an evergreen, or whatever else keeps its leaves alive or dead over winter. Another possibility might be some sort of climber that would mix in with the hawthorn. Ideally I'd like to achieve screening improvements in 12-24 months after planting. I could just chop it down and shove a well managed leylandii kept to 4-5' in, but it would be a shame to lose the old hybrid - it suits the character of the village and the wildlife seems to like it. Cheers for any ideas Tim -- Tim Watts 10 Years ago I would have agreed with Mike, Escallonia but in some parts of the country there is a dread disease that takes the leaves off them and the eventually die. What about allowing some plant of Lonicera japonica to infest the existing hedge? there is on like it in the village and it smells wonderful, gets clipped just like the rest of the hedge. -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Charlie :-( That's what we have got in another section of hedge ....................... and it's dying :-( Escallonia fine :-)) Mike -- .................................... I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight. .................................... |
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Hawthorn hedge - interplanting for better winter screening?
'Mike' wrote:
10 Years ago I would have agreed with Mike, Escallonia but in some parts of the country there is a dread disease that takes the leaves off them and the eventually die. What about allowing some plant of Lonicera japonica to infest the existing hedge? there is on like it in the village and it smells wonderful, gets clipped just like the rest of the hedge. -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Charlie :-( That's what we have got in another section of hedge ...................... and it's dying :-( Escallonia fine :-)) Mike Maybe I should put both in ;- Yes - I am serious! It's already a blend... -- Tim Watts |
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