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Filling gaps in established Rugosa hedge

AliMcGAliMcG Posts: 24
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I have a bought a property in an exposed coastal area in Western Scotland. The garden is bounded on two sides with a well established, beautiful Rugosa hedge. However, it has a a few sparse areas - can I plant new bare root Rugosa to fill the gaps and introduce some new complimentary colours?

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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Hello @skayf5fnADK0 and welcome!

    Can you identify why there are sparse areas?  Rugosa roses are very tough and can cope with poor soil and windy sites, but don't do so well in shade, so if that's the reason for the sparseness you may have difficulty in establishing new roses there.  Could you take a photo?  That could help us advise you better.   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    you could fill in the gaps by "layering" adjacent branches.
    Devon.
  • AliMcGAliMcG Posts: 24
    Hi - I can't get to the property now, but have taken a screenshot from a garden camera. The hedge fills out beautifully in the Spring, but the bottom right corner seems to have become more sparse and I wanted to plant some new roots in. The hedge was very overgrown with weeds when we got the property and they had choked a lot of the lower growth, that corner had been particularly overgrown. The picture is not great. 
  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    It's a bit hard to tell, but is that corner also the lowest part of your garden? That would make me wonder whether it's getting wet there, which rugosas aren't overly fond of. In any case, you have this wonderful landscape behind but no focal point... how about a tree there? 
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    If there's no problem with the soil and it was just the weeds choking tree plants, yep you can go right ahead. 
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    ..are you sure that's a Rugosa hedge?  it looks rather neat... if so, then as they are grown on their own roots, you should find plenty of suckers which can be removed and transplanted...
    East Anglia, England
  • AliMcGAliMcG Posts: 24
    Ah, we trimmed it this Autumn - shouldn’t we have done that. I think from now on we will just trim any stragglers. The ground there shouldn’t be too wet, I think I will take a chance and put in some root stock - but also take note of the comment re a focal point - thanks 
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