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What to replace box hedging with?

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  • Pete.8 said:
    How much sun that area gets and a rough idea of your location and soil type would help us with ideas.
    Quite a lot of sun, it's north westerly facing. I'm not sure about the soil type...we are near Bromley, Kent if you can tell soil type from location.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    You should have plenty of choice as to what to grow there.
    It may not get enough sun for lavender and other sun lovers, but most other plants should be happy there.

    From this site - http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/
    Enter your postcode and it gives the details.

    This is for Bromley Rd, Bromley, Kent

    Soilscape 18:
    Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils
    Texture:
    Loamy and clayey
    Coverage:
    England: 19.9%    Wales: 2.4%
    England & Wales: 17.5%
    Selected area:
    16.4km2
    Drainage:
    Impeded drainage

    Fertility:
    Moderate

    Habitats:
    Seasonally wet pastures and woodlands
    Landcover:
    Grassland and arable some woodland
    Carbon:
    Low
    Drains to:
    Stream network
    Water protection:
    Main risks are associated with overland flow from compacted or poached fields. Organic slurry, dirty water, fertiliser, pathogens and fine sediment can all move in suspension or solution with overland flow or drain water
    General cropping:
    Mostly suited to grass production for dairying or beef; some cereal production often for feed. Timeliness of stocking and fieldwork is important, and wet ground conditions should be avoided at the beginning and end of the growing season to avoid damage to soil structure. Land is tile drained and periodic moling or subsoiling will assist drainage

    Billericay - Essex

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