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Please can you advise the name of a quick growing shelterbelt/ screening for a south coastal garden which is very windswept. I have tried escallonia but without success
Have been reading through other peoples questions. Our garden has also suffered. My escallonia suffered from a disease last year, I cut it back but I'm afraid this years frost has finished it. We have a boundary is 120 ft made up of olearia, not a leaf left on it. That hedge was planted with 19yrs. What are we to plant now, must we wait for years for it to grow as at this stage I can shake hands with the neighbours. What about Leylandii trees, can I top these every year to keep them a certain height.
We are looking forward to planting a bare root hedge in mid march! Laurel or beech seem to keep coming up as suggestions. We would like an evergreen hedge as the road at the front is very busy and so will give some privacy. There is about 470 ft on 3 sides. do you have any other suggestions on what types of hedge would be hardy, low maintenance, and also not too expensive as we haven't a huge budget. Agree that its a long term investment so a few options would be fantastic.
hedge made up of many plants but lots dying and many sparse areas from 3ft down. Should i fill the gaps or start again? if so which plant would you suggest for chalky soils
I planted my Laurel Hedging a year ago. It is about 5 feet high but the recent frost have burnt alot of the leaves. Some are completely brown and some are are brown with a little bit of green in the centre. What should i do to bring them back to been healthy? Before they were burnt some of them were turning yellow what would have been causing this.
After cutting a dead Griselinia to the base, can a yew hedge be planted in between the stubs and when is the best time to plant.
Looks like the the cold spell has killed my 5yr old griselinia hedge. It only has a few leaves left.I'm thinking of cutting it to the ground and planting maybe a Cherry Laurel in between.I'd like a hedge that'll grow fairly quickly. Is Laurel at good choice? When is the best time to plant and what do I plant, container or dry root? I only need about 15 plants.
My 2 metre high mature escollonia screening hedge is badly damaged after the 2 cold winters and also has lost most of its leaf from severe leaf spot. If I cut it back will it resprout or what is the best replacement that will grow fairly fast and can be mantained at a height of about 2 metres.
I planted a new hedge last year and i want to kill off the weeds around it ,what will i use and when should i do it?
I think my Griselinia Hedge has become a victim of the frost. I only sowed it last year and it was doing well. The leaves are gone all brown and musty looking. I know i`m going to have to replace it, so i`m wondering what is good low hedge for on front of a house, that wont grow to high and that will withstand low temperatures such as -10c/-15c?
My 30 year old griselinia hedge has been badly damaged with the frost/snow, is there any point of giving it some type of liquid feed to stimulate the regrowth? most of the leaves of all dark brown.
I want to plant a new boundary hedge I was told laurel would be good. My previous hedge was a gresilia, which died from the snow last Jan. when is the best and latest time to plant a laurel hedge
I am planting a Laurel hedge. when is the best time to plant . is it the best fast growing as I have 40ft to plant as my previous hedge died with the frost. Can I cut back my old greselia hedge in half and plant the new one next to it. what is your suggestion.
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