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Hedge shrubs ideas
james-HYumfQs
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Good evening everyone, so I'm trying to plant a nice new hedge at the school. I have done an area with cherry laurel and use some steaks and binders to create a hedge laying effect. I am a hedge layer when the season provides but there was nothing here to lay so it's purely decoration and to act as a barrier whilst the cherry laurel grows in establishes itself. The issue
being cherry laurel along with many other laurels produce berries which is a no-no on site with kids. Does anyone have any other ideas for a dense? Ideally fragrant evergreen shrub that I could use for the next run of hedging? I was thinking for photinia choisya, unless anyone has any more interesting and original ideas, something that will produce a dense evergreen hedge. Ideally fast growing would be perfect. I was thinking of euonymous as well. Thanks 🙏🏻
being cherry laurel along with many other laurels produce berries which is a no-no on site with kids. Does anyone have any other ideas for a dense? Ideally fragrant evergreen shrub that I could use for the next run of hedging? I was thinking for photinia choisya, unless anyone has any more interesting and original ideas, something that will produce a dense evergreen hedge. Ideally fast growing would be perfect. I was thinking of euonymous as well. Thanks 🙏🏻 0
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Need about 80 plants in one area and 24 in another. Thanks
https://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/red-escallonia-rubra-macrantha.html
Another option which I have grown in windy conditions as hedging is Griselinia littoralis which is evergreen, not toxic but with insignificant flowers. It is relatively fast growing and easy to maintain.