Yeah, our nitida established very quickly and was growing a foot a year easily. But I don't think it can ever mesh together as well as privet which makes a neater hedge and is much stronger.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I have the nitida 'baggessen's gold' aka the Tina Turner bush. It's always a bit straggly. I'm putting in a short stretch of hedge as a screen and I've opted for Berberis Darwinii. Lots of flowers, lots of berries, safe nesting and can be kept tidy at pretty much any size. Oh yes, and evergreen. Can't beat that!
I've had B's Gold in several gardens - dense and solid as a hedge due to clipping, or even as a stand alone specimen. That's the important factor with lonicera - clipping from an early stage. They can cope with hard pruning too - great for hedging, especially as a small one, but they'll grow quickly in the right conditions.
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I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
Can't beat that!
That's the important factor with lonicera - clipping from an early stage. They can cope with hard pruning too - great for hedging, especially as a small one, but they'll grow quickly in the right conditions.
Good to see you @plant pauper. Where have you been!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Darwinii has no barbs, just wee holly-like leaves.