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Quick growing hedge
I want to plant a hedge that will "quickly" give me a low (2-3 feet high)
box shaped hedge. What would I be best to use. Cheers Iain Scotland |
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Quick growing hedge
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:41:57 -0000, "Iain A Gilroy"
wrote: I want to plant a hedge that will "quickly" give me a low (2-3 feet high) box shaped hedge. What would I be best to use. Remember that a plant which grows 2 or 3 feet rapidly will continue growing at the same rate for quite a long time. IOW, there's no plant like the one you want. You might think Lonicera nitida would do, but it really needs to be cut back very hard the first few years so it has a properly thick base. A good hedge of L. nitida takes, in my estimation, 5-10 years to develop. Another possibility is box, but you will likely have to pay a high price for the full-sized plants you need. Otherwise it's too slow growing. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
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Quick growing hedge
Rodger Whitlock wrote
"You might think Lonicera nitida would do, but it really needs to be cut back very hard the first few years so it has a properly thick base..." If you plant it almost flat on the ground and at a slight angle to the last plant i.e. so that they form a row 6 inches or so wide then they will sprout along the stem and form a thick base. also once they start to shoot then you could even pin the stems down to the ground and they will root along the stem.. If you then just top them lightly at around 12 inches then again at 18 inches you should have a 3 ft hedge in less than 3 year. Alternatively you could plant as described and also plant one plant every 12 to 15 inches upright to make the height quicker whilst the base will thicken up at the same time. This is all dependant on the size of the plants you start with. -- David Hill Abacus Nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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