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High hedge for coastal garden
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 16:22:23 +0000, cormaic
wrote: 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. :~) No-one has yet mentioned Olearia Traversii. My only concern is whether it would be hardy enough. Does the Gulf Stream get through to Anglesey? Takes any amount of salt gales, although may lose the odd branch when mature, as it tends to be brittle. No flowers of any consequence. Grows pretty quickly, but I can't guarantee 2m by next summer, although I've seen old stumps re-grow at almost that rate. Eventually reaches 3 - 4m. Remember that with most fast growing things the tops outgrow the roots and they blow flat in the first gale. The recommended method is to prune them hard at 3ft and again at 5 to allow the roots and lower trunk to strengthen. And as someone said in another thread, when planting, small plants make stronger roots than big plants do. Another possibility is Tamarisk, but again, I'm not sure about hardiness. Incidentally, escallonia will make 3m, but not in that time. -- Chris De-* virgin for e-mail reply |
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