Closely spaced shrubs and/or trees intended to form a barrier.
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How can I rejuvenate a privet and hawthorn hedge?
I have a mixed hedge which is about 6 feet high. I think it is privet and hawthorn.
Currently, it is very top heavy in terms of the growth, and it has a lot of bare stems lower down. Please see the ...
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1answer
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How to propagate a hedge?
I've got a whole yard of Amur Privet that hasn't been taken care of for quite some time. (I've newly moved in). Over about a year I've cut down an cared for my privets. There are a few low areas and ...
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Plants to grow over and cover up an ugly wall?
On my property there is an ugly wall/fence, made of concrete, with vertical pieces of concrete and gaps between, like a picket fence. but far, far less attractive.
I want to plant some plants at the ...
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How do I get rid of wild grape vines?
I have what seems to be Wild Grape Vines killing off my hedges. Is there any other recourse besides uprooting them all? Clipping them and spraying stump rot another possibility?
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Is Cotoneaster an appropriate plant to fill an empty space along my fence?
I have 8ft Leylandii along the outside of most of my west and north facing fences, but there are some gaps on the north side, so I have been using a range of climbing plants inside the fence to ...
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1answer
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What sort of planting layout should I follow to cover a fence with a hedge?
I'm planning on planting around 500 ft of evergreen hedge in Tennessee, partly in the sun and partly in shade. I talked to a local landscaping company who recommended one of the following:
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What is this screening tree, growing in South Australia?
Can anyone identify this screening tree/hedge growing in the Adelaide plains, South Australia? Any family or clade suggestions will help!
I'd like to propagate it next to the fences in our own ...
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Slim 6ft high evergreen hedge for a UK garden?
I'm interested in surrounding my UK front garden with a evergreen hedge border.
The garden is small, enough for 2 small family cars.
So is it possible to grow a "slim" evergreen hedge which is at ...
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What's a fast growing hedge suitable for Western Australia?
So I've got a large front yard and I want to use a hedge to divide it and provide some privacy. I live in Western Australia so the soil is very sandy and the area receives full sun, sometimes getting ...
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Japanese box hedge failing to thrive. What to do?
I have a Japanese box hedge which is not exactly dying, but is definitely failing to thrive. When I moved in (5 years ago) it was looking much better. So it's not about the location, but that the ...
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Is it possible to indefinitely limit the growth of trees, hedges, and shrubs?
Now that I've lived in my very nicely landscaped first home for over 10 years, I have several "overgrown" trees, hedges, and shrubs (mostly, but not all evergreens) in my landscaping, and at this ...
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Is there a weedkiller I can use at the foot of hedges?
I have mature hedging all round my garden, the hedging consisting of dozens of different plant species, but mostly blackthorn, holly, laurel (I think) and box (?).
Annually the foot of the hedge gets ...
