Trimmed bushes?
 

Having trimmed the hedge and about to remove it completely what can I replace it with that will grow to a uniform height of approx 4' relatively quickly (ie 6-12 months) ???

http://www.sidtech.co.uk/iu/scooby9623171201664.jpg

replace with

6ft concrete post,
1x 12" Gravel board then
1x 3ft Fence panel

repeat all along boundary, add stain to colour. this will then stay at 4ft for the rest of ur natural :)

Then sell ur hedge clippers and go for a beer :)

How much are those willow weave fence panels?

Slightly misleading subject line - Not what I expected !!!

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One of the quickest growing will be the coniferous, and infamous, cupressus leylandii. Despite its bad reputation, if you keep it well cropped it will thicken out into a solid hedge. Problems may arise from the roots however looking at the proximity of your walls, and as is well publisised they will grow to huge heights if not tended to.

I have some leylanii planted in the 80's and the roots have grown up a soakaway and actually up the gutter pipe! I removed the gutter pipe to reveal a solid fibrous root ball about 4 foot high and molded into the exact shape of the square gutter pipe!!!

You can get dwarf conifers that grow fairly bushy without the height, but to make a thick hedge quickly you will need to buy enough to space them fairly regularly.

A better hedge in keeping with our natural hedgerows would be deciduous such as beech but they are slow growing, and buying them in any decent size is expensive.

Another solution could be, as you have said, to use some woven fence panels, or a low wall/fence and with some trellace above and grow an evergreen ivy or climber over the trellace. It will grow quick and can be as "bushy" as you want to let it! ;)

privet grows reasonably quickly. avoid leyland cypress at all costs - the look ugly even if they are kept under control.

box or laurel are other alternatives. you ain't gonna get much of anything inside 6 months though. plants normally take 12 months to get over the shock of being moved and palnted into a new situation.

cheers

Having trimmed the hedge and about to remove it completely what can I replace it with that will grow to a uniform height of approx 4' relatively quickly (ie 6-12 months) ???


Hmm, not sure, try a row of Great Danes.

You can get some non-spreading but fast growing dwarf bamboos that can look quite nice. Like any other fast grower you do need to stay on top of it though.

I wanted some in our garden (at the bottom) to stop the neighbours being nosy gits. But the missus didn't want bamboo, "There are no pandas around here". Fair point, well made. ;)

Cheers

Ian

I thought it was gonna be about going brazilian or something ;) :D

I think the fastest way would surely be the remants of 10,000 brazillian trimmed bushes glued together into some kind of brazillian mural.

I'm sure your wife/partner wouldn't be best pleased, but it'd certainly be a talking point.

If you need any help collecting the remnants, let me know :)

"One of the quickest growing will be the coniferous, and infamous, cupressus leylandii."

good idea- go to the garden center and get 10 leylandii to plant 5ft from your house :D

on a semi related matter, i have metal pallisade gates that need 'covering' so no nosy peops can see in. The gates are about 2 metres tall and 6 metres across. Obviously the gates need to open and close.

Im looking to grow creepers/ivy type plants that will cover the whole area while still having the praticality of an opening gate. Have thought of ivy, but it doesnt look all that nice. Thinking of something that wont weigh much, can grow 'horizontally' and will be thick/bushy enough all year round.

An example of what metal palisade looks like :

http://pemburyfencing.co.uk/pallisade%202.jpg

Lleylandii is the quickest growing and easy to shape, but you have to keep on top of it when it reaches the height you want. Very hardy and looks attractive too.

Les