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High hedge for coastal garden
"cormaic" wrote in message ... A contractor colleague has a garden on the western edge of Anglesey, only 100m from the sea, and needs to plant a high hedge to screen an undesirable extension that his neighbour is having built. Whether the extension is undesirable because Barry didn't get the contract to build it, or whether it's just an eyesore is not revealed. Anyway, he asked me to suggest a suitable hedging plant, and I gave the stock answer of 'Escallonia', but, he reckons the hedge needs to be 2-3m in height, and be up at that height by next summer at the latest. So, any suggestions for an evergreen, salt-tolerant, wind-proof, reasonably tall, low-maintenance hedging plant that is readily available and capable of being planted by a man more accustomed to laying sewer pipes than laying hedges would be much appreciated. :~) -- cormaic URG faqs/webring - www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/ Culcheth Garden - www.tmac.clara.co.uk/garden/ Warrington Paving - www.pavingexpert.com/ Peoples' Republic of South Lancashire cormaic CAN BE FOUND AT borlochshall.co.uk I have been very impressed with Griselinia here in N. Ireland. Going by the ones we had in the last garden, if you start with vigorous young plants, make sure the soil isn't compacted to a good depth and give a dose of feed I reckon you could get up to about 1.5m in a year, and it's reasonably easy to keep to size. I've seen it growing right by the shore facing SW so must have been taking some wind/salt. Michael S |
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