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New Build Front Garden Advice
g.southcott
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Hi Everyone,
Newbie Gardener here.
I have a new build house that has an east facing front garden. The garden was turfed and hedges planted around the perimeter by the developer. I noticed when we had all that hot weather in the summer the sun spent about three quarters of the day on the front garden area and baked the hell out of the hedges to the point where they look like sticks sticking out of the ground. We do feel that the hedges planted were not in a great condition from the outset and the heat and no doubt crap soil has aided in killing them off.
I wanted to get an idea of what would be a hardy and fast growing hedge to put in place to replace them. Someone mentioned digging out the bed that the hedges are in and replace with new soil etc as the stuff put down by the developer is probably rubbish. The hedge area is about 20 metres long and about 18 inches wide. No idea of the depth of current soil yet.
Would it be possible to get opinions of a good course of action to make our dire front garden look great again.
Many thanks in advance for any responses.
Newbie Gardener here.
I have a new build house that has an east facing front garden. The garden was turfed and hedges planted around the perimeter by the developer. I noticed when we had all that hot weather in the summer the sun spent about three quarters of the day on the front garden area and baked the hell out of the hedges to the point where they look like sticks sticking out of the ground. We do feel that the hedges planted were not in a great condition from the outset and the heat and no doubt crap soil has aided in killing them off.
I wanted to get an idea of what would be a hardy and fast growing hedge to put in place to replace them. Someone mentioned digging out the bed that the hedges are in and replace with new soil etc as the stuff put down by the developer is probably rubbish. The hedge area is about 20 metres long and about 18 inches wide. No idea of the depth of current soil yet.
Would it be possible to get opinions of a good course of action to make our dire front garden look great again.
Many thanks in advance for any responses.
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You will probably need to improve the soil, perhaps bit by bit, in the rest of the garden too.
It depends how tall you want it to grow, but this may be an idea
https://www.best4hedging.co.uk/elaeagnus-x-ebbingei-hedge-plants-p41
I agree, preparation is the key