Instant Hedging Recommendations

[tweedbean]

Hi all, we currently have 15m wide drive way with an electric sliding gate making up the first maybe 4m on the left, the rest is made up of a 1m high brick wall which provides zero privacy from footpath to front of the house. Its made especially worse by the fact there is a bus stop outside the house.

With this in mind, there is a 2m deep strip of grass running between our driveway wall and the footpath which we also own and I would like to run a 5m long hedge from the end of the electric gates up to the pedestrian gate, then a small gap to allow access to gate and then another stretch of hedge 5m again. I am thing between 180cm and 200 cm tall instant hedging so I dont have to wait a few years before we get privacy. I also want an evergreen hedge so it looks full all year around. Therefore I need around 10M of evergreen instant hedging. I have been looking at 1m length trough grown options

Do you have any recommendations for the types of hedges I should consider and where to get them from?


<Gate - 4m><Low Brick Wall - 5m><Pedestrian Gate - 1m><Low Brick Wall - 5m>
.............................................Small Gap..............................................
<Nothing....><Hedge........... - 5m>< Gap for Gate - 1m><Hedge........... - 5m>

I have so far had the following prices from firing off email enquiries to suppliers of instant hedging online but would be interested to understand what you lot would recommend. Then I can start shopping around for prices for specific plants.

Thuja Brabant - Conifer £132 per metre
Eleagnus ebbingei - Oleaster £138 per metre
Ligustrum ovalifolium - Privet £150 per metre
Quercus ilex - Holm oak £150 per metre
Prunus Rotundifolia - Cherry Laurel £280 per metre
Ligustrum ovalifolium - Privet £165 per metre
Quercus ilex - Holm Oak £185 per metre

 

[tweedbean]

Happy to spend the money to get an instant hedge. I had already discounted the Conifers due to the fact I have just had about 10 of them removed from the rear garden as I am not a big fan.

Will certainly be purchasing a proper hedge trimmer to keep on top of things.

In regards to privet, I had a quote of £1500 delivered for 10m plus £1050 to plant them, not having paid for this thing before I wasnt sure if this was reasonable or not?

 

[tweedbean]

Ha couldnt agree more on the fitting side, happy to give it a go as I am sure theres plenty of videos on line on what I need to do such as how deep to dig the trench etc

 

[tweedbean]

For £712 you can buy 24 1.5m - 1.7m plants which should do 1.5 to 2 per meter, easy cover your 10m. Grab a fork and a spade, job done.

For reference you can get 75 40-60cm plants for £270 and 50 60-90 cm plants for £200 for use at 3-5 per meter with free delivery.

Where do you get yours from?

Any reason for a hedge over a sound proofing fence? Instant privacy and sound proofing too.

As others have said a hedge will look much better, plus being in a row of older cottages, a fence would look out of place.