Re: Hedge Species Advice

Thank you Bob, I'll check them out.

Peter

"Bob Hobden" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "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?
>>
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> Rosa rugosa (and other rose species often sold as hedging)
> Berberis
> both spiky and easily trimmed.
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> Regards
> Bob
> In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London
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