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Hawthorn hedge - interplanting for better winter screening?
"David Hill" wrote in message ... On 02/08/2012 18:52, Bill Grey wrote: If I may break into this thread, could someone please tell me exactly how to insert privet cuttings into my hedge to fill in gaps. I have cut down my hedge to a manageable height ( 1 metre) but my neighbour seems to think I've destroyed the "shared" hedge. The hedge had become leggy with little growth at the bottom.... I now hope it will fillout in the future. TIA Bill "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2012-07-31 19:01:22 +0100, Tim Watts said: Thanks to everyone so far - some promising ideas. And I have never heard of any of the suggestions, so I'd never have worked this out wiothout all your help Cheers! Tim I'm afraid I'm going to disagree with those suggesting Escallonia. While it does, indeed, make an extremely handsome hedge, imo it looks absolutely dreadful as 'dot' planting and achieves a kind of scruffiness that is very undesirable! If you decide to grub the whole hedge out and replace it, then I'd certainly say look at Escallonia. But as a few plants interspersed with established holly and hawthorn, it will look like a ballet dancer in a coalmine, imo. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon http://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/ Get straight cuttings around 12 to 18 inches in length, place the lower end against the soil Then PUSH Thanks David, do the cuttings have to be taken at a leaf node and the next couple of leaves above removed? Bill |
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