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hedging plants - chestnuts & golden hop?
I've got about 8-10 feet of bare and wobbly fence where a shed was moved.
Though in some ways I like beech hedging best, I do have 2 young sweet chestnut trees, a hazel, a holly, and a golden hop tree all sitting in pots waiting for me to think what to do with them. I'm tempted to stick them in as a hedge, thus solving 2 problems at a stroke. Anyone know how they might behave as a hedge? I want them as a screen and windbreak rather than necessarily being completely stockproof, and intend to keep the hedge trimmed to about 3-4 feet. Victoria -- Clare Associates Ltd http://www.clareassoc.co.uk/ 01822 835802 -- |
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hedging plants - chestnuts & golden hop?
In article . 11, Victoria Clare writes: | I've got about 8-10 feet of bare and wobbly fence where a shed was moved. | | Though in some ways I like beech hedging best, I do have 2 young sweet | chestnut trees, a hazel, a holly, and a golden hop tree all sitting in pots | waiting for me to think what to do with them. | | I'm tempted to stick them in as a hedge, thus solving 2 problems at a | stroke. | | Anyone know how they might behave as a hedge? I want them as a screen and | windbreak rather than necessarily being completely stockproof, and intend | to keep the hedge trimmed to about 3-4 feet. Holly, no problem, but it might be a bit small for hazel and chestnut. You won't get nuts if you do that, but I would expect them to tolerate being clipped fairly hard, even if they don't like it. But what do you mean by a golden hop tree? The standard golden hop is a herbaceous climber, and will dominate any hedge that size. There is something called a hop tree, but I know little about it. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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hedging plants - chestnuts & golden hop?
On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 13:20:28 +0100, Victoria Clare
wrote: I've got about 8-10 feet of bare and wobbly fence where a shed was moved. Though in some ways I like beech hedging best, I do have 2 young sweet chestnut trees, a hazel, a holly, and a golden hop tree all sitting in pots waiting for me to think what to do with them. I'm tempted to stick them in as a hedge, thus solving 2 problems at a stroke. Anyone know how they might behave as a hedge? I want them as a screen and windbreak rather than necessarily being completely stockproof, and intend to keep the hedge trimmed to about 3-4 feet. You'd have to be quite harsh to the chestnut - it's quite vigorous, and will thicken up at the base quite rapidly. It also has a tendency to throw out branches at any and every angle, so will need to be reined in hard. The best that can be said for it is that it's fast growing. Hazel too might be a bit tricky to keep neat, though it tends to want to grow straight up rather than outwards. Holly is fine, if a little slow to get going. I have all three in a hedge along the back of my land, and it's always the chestnut and hazel that give grief...along with an ash. If you'e in no hurry, I'd leave out the big boys and maybe go for Privet, Box and Yew ( among others ) and hedgefillers. I've no idea what a hop tree is - but if it's the Golden Hop as I know it ( the climber ) then I think it would tend to cludge up your hedge. It puts out a LOT of foliage, which will drop down into the hedge in the Autumn, and it will probably strangle anything less beefy. I reckon you're hard put to beat a wild rose and a periwinkle for 'inter-hedge' interest - or a honeysuckle, if you don't mind hacking it back every so often. And controversial as it may sound, our old enemy, the Bindweed, can often look wonderful in this context ( ducks ). Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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Stephen Howard wrote in
: You'd have to be quite harsh to the chestnut - it's quite vigorous, and will thicken up at the base quite rapidly. It also has a tendency to throw out branches at any and every angle, so will need to be reined in hard. The best that can be said for it is that it's fast growing. Hazel too might be a bit tricky to keep neat, though it tends to want to grow straight up rather than outwards. I know what you mean. My entire garden is surrounded by hazel hedging and it does need a firm hand! I hate privet, and don't fancy waiting long enough for box or yew though. Victoria |
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hedging plants - chestnuts & golden hop?
Stephen Howard wrote in
: You'd have to be quite harsh to the chestnut - it's quite vigorous, and will thicken up at the base quite rapidly. It also has a tendency to throw out branches at any and every angle, so will need to be reined in hard. The best that can be said for it is that it's fast growing. Hazel too might be a bit tricky to keep neat, though it tends to want to grow straight up rather than outwards. I know what you mean. My entire garden is surrounded by hazel hedging and it does need a firm hand! I hate privet, and don't fancy waiting long enough for box or yew though. Victoria |
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Stephen Howard wrote in
: You'd have to be quite harsh to the chestnut - it's quite vigorous, and will thicken up at the base quite rapidly. It also has a tendency to throw out branches at any and every angle, so will need to be reined in hard. The best that can be said for it is that it's fast growing. Hazel too might be a bit tricky to keep neat, though it tends to want to grow straight up rather than outwards. I know what you mean. My entire garden is surrounded by hazel hedging and it does need a firm hand! I hate privet, and don't fancy waiting long enough for box or yew though. Victoria |
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hedging plants - chestnuts & golden hop?
On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 13:20:28 +0100, Victoria Clare said:
] I've got about 8-10 feet of bare and wobbly fence where a shed was moved. ] ] Though in some ways I like beech hedging best, I do have 2 young sweet ] chestnut trees, a hazel, a holly, and a golden hop tree all sitting in pots ] waiting for me to think what to do with them. ] ] I'm tempted to stick them in as a hedge, thus solving 2 problems at a ] stroke. ] ] Anyone know how they might behave as a hedge? I want them as a screen and ] windbreak rather than necessarily being completely stockproof, and intend ] to keep the hedge trimmed to about 3-4 feet. ] ] ] Victoria ] Hi Victoria, We've got both hazel and chestnut in hedging about twice the height your thinking of. The hazel is no problem, the chestnut is so vigorous it is hard to keep neat looking. I'd guess at 3-4 ft, chestnut should be avoided. The others should be OK, though, with the caveat I don't know anything about hops outside the glass! -E -- Emery Davis You can reply to by removing the well known companies |
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hedging plants - chestnuts & golden hop?
On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 13:20:28 +0100, Victoria Clare said:
] I've got about 8-10 feet of bare and wobbly fence where a shed was moved. ] ] Though in some ways I like beech hedging best, I do have 2 young sweet ] chestnut trees, a hazel, a holly, and a golden hop tree all sitting in pots ] waiting for me to think what to do with them. ] ] I'm tempted to stick them in as a hedge, thus solving 2 problems at a ] stroke. ] ] Anyone know how they might behave as a hedge? I want them as a screen and ] windbreak rather than necessarily being completely stockproof, and intend ] to keep the hedge trimmed to about 3-4 feet. ] ] ] Victoria ] Hi Victoria, We've got both hazel and chestnut in hedging about twice the height your thinking of. The hazel is no problem, the chestnut is so vigorous it is hard to keep neat looking. I'd guess at 3-4 ft, chestnut should be avoided. The others should be OK, though, with the caveat I don't know anything about hops outside the glass! -E -- Emery Davis You can reply to by removing the well known companies |
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hedging plants - chestnuts & golden hop?
Emery Davis wrote in
: We've got both hazel and chestnut in hedging about twice the height your thinking of. The hazel is no problem, the chestnut is so vigorous it is hard to keep neat looking. I'd guess at 3-4 ft, chestnut should be avoided. The others should be OK, though, with the caveat I don't know anything about hops outside the glass! Thanks all. From everyone's comments, the chestnuts need more space and the hop and hazel aren't wide enough to fill the gap alone. So I bought a few nice little beech saplings - I do like beech hedging - and will find somewhere else for the nut trees. Will try to remember once I plant the Golden Hop tree and it's had some time to develop, to stick a photo on the web so people know what it looks like! Victoria |
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hedging plants - chestnuts & golden hop?
Emery Davis wrote in
: We've got both hazel and chestnut in hedging about twice the height your thinking of. The hazel is no problem, the chestnut is so vigorous it is hard to keep neat looking. I'd guess at 3-4 ft, chestnut should be avoided. The others should be OK, though, with the caveat I don't know anything about hops outside the glass! Thanks all. From everyone's comments, the chestnuts need more space and the hop and hazel aren't wide enough to fill the gap alone. So I bought a few nice little beech saplings - I do like beech hedging - and will find somewhere else for the nut trees. Will try to remember once I plant the Golden Hop tree and it's had some time to develop, to stick a photo on the web so people know what it looks like! Victoria |
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