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What type of hedging is this?

Neil81BNeil81B Posts: 34
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Does anyone know the name of this hedging? I’d like the same for my garden pathway.

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited 15 March
    Looks like one of the Lonicera nitidas - shrubby honeysuckle. There are various types.  :)
    They grow quite quickly if the conditions suit, so they do need trimming quite often. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    edited 15 March
    We have some too, as Fairy says they do grow quite fast. But I like it as I bought some Box (buxus) to replace ours years ago.
    Grew them on then we got hit repeatedly with Box Moth.
    So decided to keep the less troublesome Lonicera.
    There are other things but yours looks nice.

    Depending on soil and whether you feed it ours only needs a tidy a couple of times a year.
    It is easy and does not take long to keep neat.

    Edit oops sorry just re read not yours .
    If you like it and want a low one,  I think it is possibly N. pileata that is a lower slightly more horizontal one.
    Also some variegated cultivars.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Need to see close up of the leaves.
    2 x Lonicera have small leaves.
    Lonicera pileata...top in both pics
    Lonicera nitida ...bottom in both pics
    Pics below to show the difference.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Neil81BNeil81B Posts: 34
    Super helpful, thanks all - enough for me to start hunting these down at the garden centre this spring. 
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    This our 'nitida' hedge which has now grown to around 5'. But I wouldn't really recommend using this for a tall hedge due to it's inherent lack of structural rigidity, ie. it is easily pushed out of shape and can completely collapse should someone decide to fall into it in a drunken stupor (not me!). However as others have said, it is relatively easy to maintain and makes a good small hedge.


    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    Mine is very slow-growing on poor sandy soil. Would probably take 10 plus years to form a hedge! 😜
    Sorry to witness the demise of the forum. 😥😥😥😡😡😡I am Spartacus 
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    Well, ours has been in nearly 30 years but then again it's on rich clay soil.
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • Neil81BNeil81B Posts: 34
    OK, I’d be looking for a smaller hedge ideally to go alongside the pathway leading to the house. Ideally, about 60cm height really 
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    edited 17 March
    Try Euonymus Green Spire, E. Green Pillar or E. Jean Hugues @Neil81B. Alternatively, ordinary Privet makes a nice low hedge, it's evergreen where I am, or Griselina which is a brighter green than the others with larger round leaves, best in areas which don't get extreme winters (it's the fastest growing of these options!).
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


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