Yew like many hedging plants does have the capacity to grow very big but can be easily maintained at whatever height you want. Just an annual trim needed
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
@LunarSea Thank you for the pics, what a pretty garden you have. The hedge looks great. Yes I did think about yew and wondered why nobody else had mentioned it. I think it may be too big for my spot.
This is a view of the hedge from the road side. When I planted it I curved it around an existing Potentilla on the corner. Unfortunately it has grown very wide and has stolen about 18" of the pavement and covered up access to the water stop-cock.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I hear you @LunarSea Our front garden Privet has done exactly the same thing. We did a renovation pruning in April, and took 50% off the top. We will reduce the width by 50% next Spring.
Yes I did but it was in a previous garden and about 8 years ago @Ditsy. Mine was L shaped with the long side - no more than 12 feet or so - facing East and was quite sheltered. I only needed it to be 3 or 4 feet high and I'd be lying if I said I could state definitely how long it took to get to that height. All I do remember is having to trim it fairly regularly !! See what others say tho ? Whatever you decide on, I'd be tempted to leave planting until the Autumn - it's certainly not the best time weatherwise to be trying to get hedging established without a lot of faff and water. Best of luck
How quickly either of those grows is dependent on many factors, so it's impossible to be accurate. If you have well prepped soil, a decent climate with enough moisture for establishment, and you aren't planting small specimens in 3 inch pots, you're looking at a round a year for establishing the roots, and another year for some growth - around a foot. With either of them, you'd have a hedge of about 2 feet within a few years. Then, they'll grow several inches, to about 7, 8, 9 inches per year if they aren't trimmed, but that's only an average because of the other factors
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
This is a view of the hedge from the road side. When I planted it I curved it around an existing Potentilla on the corner. Unfortunately it has grown very wide and has stolen about 18" of the pavement and covered up access to the water stop-cock.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
Whatever you decide on, I'd be tempted to leave planting until the Autumn - it's certainly not the best time weatherwise to be trying to get hedging established without a lot of faff and water. Best of luck
If you have well prepped soil, a decent climate with enough moisture for establishment, and you aren't planting small specimens in 3 inch pots, you're looking at a round a year for establishing the roots, and another year for some growth - around a foot. With either of them, you'd have a hedge of about 2 feet within a few years.
Then, they'll grow several inches, to about 7, 8, 9 inches per year if they aren't trimmed, but that's only an average because of the other factors
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...