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moosey
head gardener
Camellia hedge25 Apr '06 12:55 pm
I like this idea of Tee Cees very much. Camellias are pretty shrubs and now there are varieties with lightly scented flowers. Camellias used to be messy, too, with flowers brownng on the bush. Again, there are good varieties which drop their flowers. Which you'd have to be prepared to clean up in spring. And you'd get a dark green look...
Isn't it hard work choosing something from scratch! Much, much easier to criticise the hedge that someone else planted! |
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nancy
valued helper
Utah, USA
link to english laurel picture30 Apr '06 8:47 am
http://www.monrovia.com/plantinf.nsf/0/7BAF0EA82D3D85918825684D00721B02- this has a nice picture of what a hedge of English laurel looks like. I believe its pruned yearly to keep it the right height and shape. I had some years ago and I never pruned it, but it grew quite high. I also had some old camellias that were 15 feet high. They were very beuatiful but camellias are genrally slow growing, it would take a decade or longer to get to be a nice hedge, I think. Good luck! |
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amberick01
contributor
HEDGING30 Apr '06 10:06 am
sorry but the site isn't working? |
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pumpkin
compost executive
Auckland
11 May '06 9:08 pm
Tee Cee suggestions are great...the escallonia is fabulous especially the 'apple blossom'.
Be careful when choosing conifers from the label. The height (I was told) refers to the size after about 5-7 years. We have some that grew to '1.5 meters high' ... they are still growing and are now above the house roof!  |
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muddywellies
nominate your own title
North Devon, SW England
Hedging21 May '06 7:51 pm
Words of warning are best taken on board when considering conifers. Make a list of your possibles and then go read up on them in a book. Don't pay much heed to the label information.
However here's a link to a picture of what conifers can look like after 5 years growth.
http://www.winsfordwalledgarden.co.uk/garden's_today.html
Have you considered bamboo or is it too windswept where your hedge is intended? ALL bamboos spread regardless of the label - but at different rates. The pygmy bamboos are justly described - about 3ft. While others go to giddy heights in crazy times. You pays your penny . . . |
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