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Hedge for shady area under a sycamore tree

holmes.simonvsd3XRsTholmes.simonvsd3XRsT Posts: 1
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I'm looking to plant a hedge under a large mature pollarded sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus) in an exposed site in South Cumbria - so must tolerate shade and some wind.  Preferably fast growing and evergreen.  I've not tested it under the sycamore tree but generally the soil is well drained loam, slightly acidic.  Grateful for any suggestions.   :)

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited April 2023
    Escallonia grows under a large sycamore in my garden - deep raised bed. I doubt It will ever flower. You could try acuba. I've dug mine out but it was doing very well - unfortunately, I hated it. That wasn't in a raised bed. There was another one with little pink flowers. Can't remember the name. Even the cut down logs of that one sprouted.
    Googled it was a weigela but not one of the fancy ones. Small single flowers.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • paulsturgesspaulsturgess Posts: 9
    Elaeagnus Ebbingei would be my recommendation:

    - evergreen
    - shade tolerant
    - grows pretty quick 
    - can be pruned back hard
    - creamy-white flowers for pollinators
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've grown Hornbeam under/beside a field maple and a lime @holmes.simonvsd3XRsT  but the important thing to remember is - even in Cumbria, you'll need to water any hedging thoroughly for several months, especially if you intend planting it now.

    An evergreen hedge will be even more difficult to establish at this time of year than planting in autumn as bare root   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    Euonymus hedging is fairly tough so might be another option
     If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero
    East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    The classics are best:  Yew, laurel, possibly beech.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • parrotfeather*parrotfeather* Posts: 188
    We have a holly hedge growing under next door's sycamores.
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