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Coastal Privacy hedge
Spartan7
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Afternoon all,
I’ve recently moved home and wish to plant new privacy hedging but I’d like some advice from people more knowledgable than myself.
Location/Terrain
Needs:
I’ve ruled out Leylandii (can’t stand the stuff). I do love box hedging but with blight and the harsh (relatively speaking) conditions I have looked into other options, the current leader is Portuguese Laurel.
Open to suggestions
Thank you
I’ve recently moved home and wish to plant new privacy hedging but I’d like some advice from people more knowledgable than myself.
Location/Terrain
- The North (Coastal but not right on the seafront)
Needs:
- Evergreen
- Dense foliage
- Growth rate - slow/medium (Trimming 1-2 times per year)
- Height required - 6ft (must) to 8ft (nice to have)
I’ve ruled out Leylandii (can’t stand the stuff). I do love box hedging but with blight and the harsh (relatively speaking) conditions I have looked into other options, the current leader is Portuguese Laurel.
Open to suggestions
Thank you
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Some ideas could be:
- viburnums (different types, some evergreen, flowering, some scented, tough as old boots
- camellias (unless you’re east facing which they don’t like)
- pittosporum (some lovely silver leaved varieties too, like Silver Queen)
You could combine several varieties and form a flowering hedge too, for added interest.
https://www.best4hedging.co.uk/griselinia-littoralis-hedge-plant-p20
Eleagnus ebbingei is also nice, but might grow too fast.
I think it’s between that and the Portuguese Laurel. Does anyone know what their root systems are like - Leylandii (random example) is meant to have quite an aggressive far reaching root system?