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Advice on plants for new evergreen hedge
Hi,
I want to replace an old 5 ft high screenblock wall with a hedge as the wall is unsafe and needs to come down. This wall runs east/west along the length of my garden and subdivides it into a lawned area and veg /fruit garden. The area I will have left is some 5ft wide and around 80ft long and is currently covered in a 3inch layer of red chips laid on top of a membrane. The whole area sees the sun for the full afternoon. My requirements for the hedge would be: 1) Final height around 4 - 5ft tall, medium growth rate 2) Evergreen ( I've got quite enough leaves blowing around my garden, thankyou!). 3) Formal or informal....I've not decided 4) Suitably dense for birds to nest 5) Preferably not "green privet" ( or at least variagated!) Finally, being a lazy sod, I would prefer to leave the chips in place and plant through them as there is 8 tons of them. I know that the soil underneath is good quality, presently I have roses growing happily, these will be moved elsewhere. Advice on plant types and planting techniques would be appreciated, thanks in anticipation, David |
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