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Extremely difficult spot - advice please

ZeroZero1ZeroZero1 Posts: 577
edited October 2018 in Plants
I had a gardener in to put in a new wooden fence along the side of a beech hedge.

At the end of that hedge the gardener, without asking, inexplicably, cut out one of the beeches to a stump. !!!
I now have security gap at the very bottom of my garden. I need to fill this gap with some form of bush. 
The spot is very dark. on one side is a six foot fence, on the other a summerhouse, there is a gap about 2ft. The bush will be sandwiched between them. The beech hedge at this point is about 12ft high.

I really don't mind what i put here, something prickly would be good. The problem is light. I don't think the plant will get much light (only at noon) until it's about six feet tall. I am thinking that many plants in a forest suffer similar conditions, until they can reach the canopy. The trouble is i don't know which plant to choose.

Any ideas people ?

thank you

Z
 

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    If the end beech was cut to a stump, might there be the possibility of it regrowing? I think I would give it a good water and feed, bridge the gap with a wire fence, securely fixed to the fence on side and remaining beech on the other and wait to see if it regenerates from the probably substantial root system.  If you try and plant another biggish shrub in the same spot, you might struggle with the existing beech roots. 
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • ZeroZero1ZeroZero1 Posts: 577
    The area is very difficult to reach for me (but maybe not a thief). The stump is dead. I can plant the new shrub adjacent. I prefer a shrub to wire, which would be a difficult job to fit, because the location is dark and hardly room to swing the proverbial feline
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    A tricky one this ! However , there are a number of Berberis spp. which will grow in such conditions as you describe ;(something prickly) .
    Our native Holly will also survive in a similar situation .
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    Pyracantha might work too.
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
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