What's best for a thick fast hedge
I am hoping that someone would be able to advice me on a plant that I can use as a hedge on my front garden to prevent head lights and people seeing in my bow window. I have looked at cherry laurel, privet, escallonia rubra (crimson spire), pyracanth (Orange glow) and Christmas berry red robin. I would like something with a bit of colour but needs to be evergreen and fast growing. Not been able to find anyone locally that has any of the above as hedges apart from privet. The area to cover is 7 meters. And from my calculations looking like I will need 35 of these plants. Any help would be much appreciated as I'm going round in circles. And worried if I go to a local garden nursery I will be conned into buying something that won't work as the nursery wants a sale. Thank you for reading this,
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Who suggested that???
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've just had to google judzu, I'd never heard of it before.
What is Kudzu?
Kudzu is a problem in warm parts of the USA. As far as I am aware the UK is too cold for it to be rampant, yet.
Variegated Osmanthus, Privet or Eunonymous comes to mind, esp if in a raised bed. Photonia red robin if planted in the ground would work but I find it too loose to give any privacy.
Realistically I think you are looking at a conifer hedge or Beech. Bare root Beech should be very cheap at this time of year.
If you want a quick growing evergreen, Laurel is good, as long as you keep it picked out then it will bush out from the bottom. Not particularly pretty but its cheap and does the job.
I bought mine from ebay, planted Jan 2012, I have cut it quite a few times and its still 5ft tall this year. This was taken eary this summer. Its ok along the road edge.
Thank you for your comments I will take on board what has been said thanks again
Beech is good as it keeps its dead leaves through the Winter but bursts forth with new leaves in the Spring.
Do remember, if you plant a fast growing hedge you are making a lot of work for yourself as it will need constant trimming/cutting back.
Perhaps a fence along the perimetre of your property with slower growing, evergreen shrubs on the garden side. Pryracantha, VERY thorny, evergreen, impenatrable hedge, lovely red, yellow or orange berries.
The conifer Leylandii, and budlileia can grow 6/8 ft each year, councils have now banning the planting of leylandii because it has caused so many boundary disputes and I believe buddliea is now being considered a pernicious weed
Just a thought.