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New hedge with existing climbers
Hi, I'm looking to plant a mixed native hedge against the back fence of our garden. There are some established existing climbers (clematis and honeysuckle) plus a newly planted (~8months ago) ivy along this fence. Would these existing climbers merge into the newly planted hedge ok? I've attached a photo of the garnde where you can see the climbers in summer last year. Thank you

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You can certainly plant hedging, but you'll ned to prep the border well, and then you'd need to accept that the clematis and honeysuckle will get trimmed back every time the hedge is cut. Honeysuckle is often fine in that scenario, but it would depend on the type of clematis as to how well it would fare
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...