Garden Hedge

[shotgun..willy 8]

I am going to plant a hedge around some of the garden as a screen really to stop the local riff raff looking in on my ferrets and sheds I was wondering if anybody knows anything about hedges I'm looking for something that will grow around seven feet tall but with a non invasive root and not to thin that they will be able to see through

[moxy 617]

Pyracantha and hawthorn mixed.

Sharp as fook. Good cover and not too invasive. Get away with a trim Annualy. Nice variation of colours between the two.

[gnipper 6,427]

Laurel or privet will screen it off and easily cut back hard if needed.

[low plains drifter 10,403]

Could put some tall fence posts in, and fit some rows of strong garden wire between them, and plant russian vine, and ivy etc, this will provide a good screen while your hedge is establishing, the russian vine is known as the mile a minute climber, and can rapidly give the desired effect

[greenman33 37]

Get a mixed natural hedge 75% hawthorn/blackthorn and the remainder hazel, spindle, field maple, wild cherry, wild plum, dogwood etc........all "Bare Root". Did a trench one spade deep and a foot wide. Plant the whips on alternate sides of the hedge nine inches apart so five/seven per yard. Two year old whips should cost about 49p each/Three year old a tad more. Colour all year round, loads of birds and some squirrels to shoot!

[jeppi26 1,855]

Chid is your man or gnipper

[greenman33 37]

Just tried to upload a photo of the hedge planted last month. 90 native species. I will try again with the photo in a min.

[devon flighter 421]

Pyracantha and hawthorn mixed.

Sharp as fook. Good cover and not too invasive. Get away with a trim Annualy. Nice variation of colours between the two.

spot on !and berries for the birds

[greenman33 37]

If you trim or flail a hedge it will become less and less effective and attractive and eventually look rubbish like most of the hedges in this country (yew an exception). Plant a native hedge, lay it every seven years and you won't go wrong.

[Rabid 1,936]

Pyracantha and hawthorn mixed.

Sharp as fook. Good cover and not too invasive. Get away with a trim Annualy. Nice variation of colours between the two.

That pyracantha is damn good at keeping the unwanted out, we planted some of it around an industrial estate as they kept having problems, not any more lol, security have found a good few items of torn clothing in it though !

[slip lead 862]

When I was a kid most houses had a privet hedge. .

 

 

Edited to add "Ligustrum Ovalifolium"

Edited March 13, 2016 by slip lead

[jok 3,234]

Owt wi thorns. Forget your laurels and that mish. Only good for blackbirds. Go for owt that gives you grief when out with the ferrets. Plant anything that stays low.

[Kimbo 74]

Conifers get tall and thick though takes few years. 6ft fence always works.if all else fails buy a dog

[Tiercel 6,986]

I was thinking about this topic today when I seen a Beech laid hedge. Not only did it look really smart, as Beech tends to hold it's leaves over winter you could not see through it either.

 

TC

Edited March 17, 2016 by tiercel

[moxy 617]

I was thinking about this topic today when I seen a Beech laid hedge. Not only did it look really smart, as Beech tends to hold it's leaves over winter you could not see through it either.

 

TC

I was thinking about this topic today when I seen a Beech laid hedge. Not only did it look really smart, as Beech tends to hold it's leaves over winter you could not see through it either.

 

TC

That's the long game. Beech is slow growing and takes an age to manicure and shape into a hedge.