Re: Hedge Species Advice

"Peter Bovey" wrote >
> Against my advice we've had our front garden covered in floor bricks, as
> somewhere to take the car off the road. Between that area and the
pavement
> we are thinking to try and grow a low narrow hedge to mark the edge of
our 
> space and
> stop people wandering in. I am after advice as to suitable plants for
that
> purpose. Plants suitable for a hedge three foot high (four foot
maximum), 
> that
> will stay compact more or less down to the bottom and won't get leggy. 
> We'll have to
> remove two or three bricks in order to plant each one and I'm not sure
how
> easy it is going to be to prepare the soil in each little space, so it
> should be a species which takes easily and ideally doesn't suffer
drought
> easily as most of the surrounding ground will be hard covered.
> Something that also produces flowers would be a bonus but isn't
essential.
>
> Has anybody any suggestions please?
>

Rosa rugosa (and other rose species often sold as hedging)
Berberis
both spiky and easily trimmed.

-- 
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London