Whats the best hedging?

wazza300

wazza300

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Im looking for something that's evergreen and I can trim back so its thin as possible,ideally I want it to grow about 15-16ft tall

currently cant decide between privet,laylandii or cherry laurel

anyone have these as tall hedging?
 
This stuff, whatever it is!

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The famous hedge at Glebe Park :D Excuse the watermark, I've been doing my footy photos this evening.
 
photinia red robin is nice because its err red. Grows quite fast as well but you do need to cut it at the start and end of the season during the initial years otherwise it drows tall and thin.
 
Not laylandii, unless you decide to do it the french way, two pieces of plastic transparent chicken wire equivalent, posted on either side of the fence, at the width you eventually want the hedge to be, and the twice a year slice the beasty back, right back in tight ti the margin, cull the top severely every yar to encourage thickening.
If you have 15 foot maintained, done any other way it'll die at th bottom as it grows up, leaving you with a tall hedge and holes below.
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
Not laylandii, unless you decide to do it the french way, two pieces of plastic transparent chicken wire equivalent, posted on either side of the fence, at the width you eventually want the hedge to be, and the twice a year slice the beasty back, right back in tight ti the margin, cull the top severely every yar to encourage thickening.
If you have 15 foot maintained, done any other way it'll die at th bottom as it grows up, leaving you with a tall hedge and holes below.
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add that if you are anywhere near standing water (even a small garden pond) midges LOVE Leylandii sap.
 
that red robin is really nice,but I think it might not be thick or hardy enough

right now im leaning towards some Western Red Cedar,as it can shoot when cut back into hard wood unlike leylandii
 
The photenia is hardy, its an evergreen but 5m might be a bit much for it to be honest. Weve got a 20metre (legth) hedge of it and its great. Needs cutting soon though, probably now in fact.
 
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