It sounds like my privet hedge that was already mature in 1988 when we moved here, and I wouldn't fancy trying to dig up any of it with enough root to replant successfully. Next door had the the stretch along the boundary taken out and a fence put in two years ago, and it took two young strong chaps with a mini-digger a full day not trying to save the plants.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Now we know what you’re up against best just leave the project. If you wait until winter you can get bare root hedging at a reasonable price, but not now, they’ll be potted plants now and are expensive.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Good idea, Lyn. I had a quick poke around online and it looks like we can get a full hedge of bare root plants (at ~150cm) for a couple hundred quid. I'm not sure why I thought this wouldn't work for us! Oh well, time to wait until winter.
After 60 odd years I'm still learning @davidgvallancexT0yK6_4 I'm still keen to ask advice too, that's being a gardener. Best of luck with your hedging project.
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If you wait until winter you can get bare root hedging at a reasonable price, but not now, they’ll be potted plants now and are expensive.
I'm still keen to ask advice too, that's being a gardener. Best of luck with your hedging project.