Oh the heavy clays of High Suffolk hawthorn is the go to hedge of choice ....... but first get a digger in to dig a ditch and pile the spoil up alongside and then plant your whips into the spoil.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I also planted a 50ft Purple Beech hedge and I am on heavy Kent clay 3 years ago it has not problem as long as you prepare the trench well that you are putting the plants in. It is thriving so much that I have started to extend the hedge a further 20ft.
Massive difference between clay soil and 'waterlogged' clay soil. When someone inexperienced asks a question, it also pays to err on the cautious side when giving advice.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's an unpredictable thing, gardening. I mentioned my beech hedge. In winter, rainwater from the land above literally streams through. It runs down the path in a little torrent. The hedge doesn't mind at all.
'Swot I said earlier @Dovefromabove Despite our plentiful wetness and hefty clay soil here, my Dad had a magnificent beech hedge, which would be the same age as me now if the new owners hadn't removed it all. I say magnificent - it's not what I said when I had to cut the r*ddy thing for him....
Once established, they will sook up an enormous amount of 'wet'. Hornbeam will generally cope with very wet conditions from the start, so is a better option for very wet sites if in any doubt.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When someone inexperienced asks a question, it also pays to err on the cautious side when giving advice.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Despite our plentiful wetness and hefty clay soil here, my Dad had a magnificent beech hedge, which would be the same age as me now if the new owners hadn't removed it all.
I say magnificent - it's not what I said when I had to cut the r*ddy thing for him....
Once established, they will sook up an enormous amount of 'wet'. Hornbeam will generally cope with very wet conditions from the start, so is a better option for very wet sites if in any doubt.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...