I think a traditional maze like that is a longterm project for anyone other than the stupendously wealthy. Unless you can fund the planting of well-grown hedging plants and the experienced professional gardening team it will take to nurture the plants and grow them on, and then maintain your maze, I think you’re looking at growing it for your grandchildren.
Nothing wrong with that of course … ambition is to be admired … but you’ll be my age by then … I certainly wouldn’t relish or be capable of the almost continuous clipping a maze needs to keep it looking sharp. I’d need a full-time gardener … 🥴
That’s why I’ve suggested looking at the possibilities offered by a fedge.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What is meant by a little maze? yew would need constant clipping, plus the cost of buying would be astronomical. The maze shown in the OP's picture would be a massive undertaking. A Maize maze would be practical and easyish.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
What is meant by a little maze? yew would need constant clipping,
I think gardeners could handle it. And the watering.
the cost of buying would be astronomical.
I don't know about the price of yew sapplings but if you got them very young and were patient it might be worth working out the cost.
A large garden could easily have that amount of yew hedging given in the picture - just not in one place. It might be good to think of a maze as a condensed garden.
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thanks @Dovefromabove
Harry Potter maze scene is terrifying!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
yew would need constant clipping, plus the cost of buying would be astronomical. The maze shown in the OP's picture would be a massive undertaking.
A Maize maze would be practical and easyish.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border