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Hedge forming trees

 
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ianba



Joined: 26 Feb 2003
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:49 am    Post subject: Hedge forming trees Reply with quote
I'm looking at starting a hedge and was wondering which trees I should use for this purpose. The garden backs on to playing fields so I'd like it relatively inaccessable. Could you also tell me how far apart I should plant them.
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thescruff
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A good question, depend on what your after, where its going, type of soil etc.

My all time favourite is “Fagus (Beech). The common beech, Fagus sylvatica, is widely used as a formal hedge, when planted as a hedge the leaves persist throughout the autumn and winter, in a magnificent golden brown colour.

A hedge can be grown to any reasonable height and the planting distance is 12”-18” apart, for a thick hedge plant a double staggered row about 8”-10” apart, with 12”-18” between the plants in the rows.

Do not clip for the first two years after planting, and thereafter trim in the summer or autumn.

scruff

More if you give me some info.
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