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19-01-2004, 04:21 PM
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(Steve Harris) wrote in
: In article , (Janet Baraclough ..) wrote: If your garden isn't too cold, how about a row of phormium tenax, or escallonia. Thanks. The Pormium wouldn't look right, Escallonia looks interesting. How fast does it grow? I notice that "apple blossom" and "Langleyensis" has AGM H4 Not all that fast, but some varieties will get to well over 6 feet if you don't prune every couple of years or so. Victoria |
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19-01-2004, 04:21 PM
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Windbreak/Hedge
(Steve Harris) wrote in
: In article , (Janet Baraclough ..) wrote: If your garden isn't too cold, how about a row of phormium tenax, or escallonia. Thanks. The Pormium wouldn't look right, Escallonia looks interesting. How fast does it grow? I notice that "apple blossom" and "Langleyensis" has AGM H4 Not all that fast, but some varieties will get to well over 6 feet if you don't prune every couple of years or so. Victoria |
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19-01-2004, 08:27 PM
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from "PK" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message from (Steve Harris) contains these words: In article , (Bevan Price) wrote: You missed the part where they said that any shrub or tree that grew very quickly rarely stopped at six feet. Oh, I did hear that bit. They also mentioned Jerusalem Artichoke. Sure, it's not a tree or shrub but it's plant. Hence my reference to "hedge plant" Besides, J. artichokes don't stop at six feet. Mine went up to ten feet this year, and I hadn't prepared the ground further than digging it. Jerusalem artichokes would be a perfect part of the no-dairy-no-meat-no-wheat-no-alcohol-lots-of-pulses detox diet I did a few years ago, and which i nicknamed the Chicago Diet! And of course perfect for a windbreak (;-) Only when you point your rear in the direction the wind comes from..... -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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#20
19-01-2004, 11:24 PM
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The message
from "PK" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message from (Steve Harris) contains these words: In article , (Bevan Price) wrote: You missed the part where they said that any shrub or tree that grew very quickly rarely stopped at six feet. Oh, I did hear that bit. They also mentioned Jerusalem Artichoke. Sure, it's not a tree or shrub but it's plant. Hence my reference to "hedge plant" Besides, J. artichokes don't stop at six feet. Mine went up to ten feet this year, and I hadn't prepared the ground further than digging it. Jerusalem artichokes would be a perfect part of the no-dairy-no-meat-no-wheat-no-alcohol-lots-of-pulses detox diet I did a few years ago, and which i nicknamed the Chicago Diet! And of course perfect for a windbreak (;-) Only when you point your rear in the direction the wind comes from..... -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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19-01-2004, 11:24 PM
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The message
from "PK" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message from (Steve Harris) contains these words: In article , (Bevan Price) wrote: You missed the part where they said that any shrub or tree that grew very quickly rarely stopped at six feet. Oh, I did hear that bit. They also mentioned Jerusalem Artichoke. Sure, it's not a tree or shrub but it's plant. Hence my reference to "hedge plant" Besides, J. artichokes don't stop at six feet. Mine went up to ten feet this year, and I hadn't prepared the ground further than digging it. Jerusalem artichokes would be a perfect part of the no-dairy-no-meat-no-wheat-no-alcohol-lots-of-pulses detox diet I did a few years ago, and which i nicknamed the Chicago Diet! And of course perfect for a windbreak (;-) Only when you point your rear in the direction the wind comes from..... -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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20-01-2004, 06:08 PM
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20-01-2004, 06:32 PM
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20-01-2004, 06:32 PM
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#25
21-01-2004, 01:49 PM
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The message
from (Steve Harris) contains these words: In article , (Bevan Price) wrote: You missed the part where they said that any shrub or tree that grew very quickly rarely stopped at six feet. Oh, I did hear that bit. They also mentioned Jerusalem Artichoke. Sure, it's not a tree or shrub but it's plant. Hence my reference to "hedge plant" Besides, J. artichokes don't stop at six feet. Mine went up to ten feet this year, and I hadn't prepared the ground further than digging it. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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#26
21-01-2004, 02:02 PM
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Windbreak/Hedge
The message
from (Steve Harris) contains these words: In article , (Bevan Price) wrote: You missed the part where they said that any shrub or tree that grew very quickly rarely stopped at six feet. Oh, I did hear that bit. They also mentioned Jerusalem Artichoke. Sure, it's not a tree or shrub but it's plant. Hence my reference to "hedge plant" Besides, J. artichokes don't stop at six feet. Mine went up to ten feet this year, and I hadn't prepared the ground further than digging it. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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