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  • MisterBoyMisterBoy Posts: 52
    Wayside said:
    As a non ever green hazel does well for me and field maple and dog wood. All three are great if you have a good metre width. And once established you can hack hard. I am in se. 
    Does hazel keep its leaves? We had talked about it in the past for the possibility of nuts but I don't know if that is realistic oop north!
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    Hazels are deciduous.
  • MisterBoyMisterBoy Posts: 52
    Hazels are deciduous.
    So are beech and hornbeam but they keep their (dead) leaves.
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    Hazel drops its, in the autumn. Beech and hornbeam drop theirs - in the spring :smile:
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    That is a nice idea @jaffacakes. Leycesteria do look good in a woodland setting. Clumps of stems can almost be covering when they get to a big clump.
    Abelia are not all that tall, quite airy and natural though only partially evergreen depending where you are? We have one that is only just above head height but you can't see much through it?
    I only cut a few bits off now and again no proper pruning.

    Sorry if I missed any reasoning apart form you possibly not wanting people to be looking in Misterboy. Privacy is some thing most of us treasure these days.

    It is surprising how much a thing like Hazel or even the Leycesteria stems though not evergreen do hide or break up the bare feeling. Coppiced hazels make large clumps of sticks which are not so see through.

    Unless it is a very busy footpath, do that many people stop and stare?
    You stand and see people walking past. You see them clearly. But them walking past a hedgerow or shrubs in autumn or winter even without leaves will only see little bits unless they stand and stare?

    Option if you want to use slower growing things for lower long term maintenance. Put up some green windbreak mesh on the boundary. Up on posts so it is head height?
    People will still see in a bit.
     
  • MisterBoyMisterBoy Posts: 52
    A bit of a left field idea but what about honeysuckle? If other trees or supports exist it can fill in the gaps and some varieties are evergreen I think?
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Hazels are deciduous.
    Hazelnuts are delicious. ;)
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