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Even Ebay is cheaper.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25-GREEN-...arden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item48479aa2ad
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25-GREEN-...arden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item48479aa2ad
Hedges (as in garden)
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SizEzE: Some very,very good hedge laying, diy job, or did you get someone in to do it.
Good to see the old skills kept alive.
Good to see the old skills kept alive.
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Whatever you do don't get Leylandii.
If you want a dense evergreen hedge I would suggest Thuja plicata (Western Red Cedar). Makes a lovely dense hedge, slow growing and easy to cut and unlike Leylandii you can cut it back into old wood and it will re-shoot. There are different varities, dark green & green/yellow.
If you want a dense evergreen hedge I would suggest Thuja plicata (Western Red Cedar). Makes a lovely dense hedge, slow growing and easy to cut and unlike Leylandii you can cut it back into old wood and it will re-shoot. There are different varities, dark green & green/yellow.
Size nice hedge, farm down the road had all there's done like that 2 yrs ago, looks great now better than what it was.
Had someone in the hedge is over 50 years old and has never really been managed. It is an art form really!
http://www.creativeoutdoors.co.uk/hedgelaying.html
Really pleased with it. He did some more the otherside of the shed going down towards my office. He was here for two days, was as good as gold.
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http://www.tree-shop.co.uk/ is where I bought beech saplings for a hedge. They come bundled together in a plastic sack, delivered to your door. For information on appropriate species and for bulk prices, you can't go wrong. I actually went down there and stayed for a cup of tea with the people who work there picking and packing straight from the field.
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It's the best way to buy hedging as bare root stock, a lot cheaper than potted.
Just going to post this,
it's a much nicer hedge to look at than most of the evergreens.
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Certainly is, I have always preferred the green beech hedging over the purple beech hedging.
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Also, much easier to plant, because you can often just stick your spade in the ground to make a slit and poke the bare root sapling in.
Best time to plant is winter, when the plants will be dormant.
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Yes, but I've planted bare root up to late April, potted can be planted all year round.
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30 Osmanthus ready to go into the ground. Got my root treatment and bonemeal at the ready.
Trench dug, but I'm waiting until it's a little warmer before planting!
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Gone to be a nice fragrant hedge.
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I think I have one of these growing in my back garden. looks very similar to the pictures when i googled Osmanthus. Its full of little white flowers in spring and looks great, should make a really nice looking hedge!
I'm tempted to get some for my front garden to add a bit more privacy, but our front garden is pretty much shaded all day till later afternoon.
I'm tempted to get some for my front garden to add a bit more privacy, but our front garden is pretty much shaded all day till later afternoon.
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It will tolerate partial shade.
Finished hedge stage 2 - planting Osmanthus delavayi:
Used 39 in the end, at £9 a pop!
Already makes the front of the house look much better with a boundary in it. Can't wait the ten years for them to reach their full height
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Last job is to mix some bonemeal through the topsoil whenever I can be bothered. Fewer excuses now that it's light in the evenings!
Used 39 in the end, at £9 a pop!
Already makes the front of the house look much better with a boundary in it. Can't wait the ten years for them to reach their full height
.Last job is to mix some bonemeal through the topsoil whenever I can be bothered. Fewer excuses now that it's light in the evenings!