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Depth Required for Hedging

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I think it looks OK as it is. Photinia Red Robin can be a picky plant - when they're happy they look great, but very often they don't do well and look awful after a while. Maybe not what you would want right in front of your house.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree with @Lizzie27 and @JennyJ ... whilst the bed as it is, may be a bit unprepossessing, it is relatively recently planted ... give it a couple of years those plants will spread and form mounds of differing texture and colour, covering most if not all of the ground surface.  It'll look great much sooner than newly planted Photinia will (if it ever does).  Keep the weeds down and nurture it for the next couple of years and it'll reward you with an almost trouble free tapestry of greenery.  If you want a bit more colour I'm sure we could suggest a few additions that would work well with what you've already got.   :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • danny_ryan95danny_ryan95 Posts: 45
    So here's what we ended up doing.

    Before

  • danny_ryan95danny_ryan95 Posts: 45
    And after
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Slightly different from your original intention [ ;) ] but you've worked hard on that. I hope it does well for you  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • danny_ryan95danny_ryan95 Posts: 45
    It is, but after digging it wasn't very deep and we felt Red Robin wasn't going to work nor any hedge.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    That's always the solution - to work with what you have.  :)
    The alternative is to raise the area, to create a good planting depth, which I think we suggested earlier in your thread. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If you've found a solution that pleases you then that's great  :)

    Do you have a back garden to work on now that you've 'got the gardening bug'?  ;)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • danny_ryan95danny_ryan95 Posts: 45
    The turf the builders laid just died so my first port of call was reseeding over and over.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    "Turf the builders laid "
    That's the problem right there  ;)
    I hope your seed takes well.  :)
    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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