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help me choose a new hedge
bekkie hughes
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Im in the process of removing a very old, mostly dead conifer hedge between us and nextdoor. Im totally overwhelmed with the choice of what to replace it with! i definately want evergreen, possibly flowers or berries, it needs to be slowish growing as i dont want to be trimming it every five min, need to be able to keep it around 3 feet tall. Heeeeellllpppp! 
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Escallonia springs to mind.
I'm sure you could keep pyracantha to about 3 feet.
We've got a flowering hedge that partitions (spelling!!) the veg patch part from the rest of the garden. The name escapes me at the mo beks...lol....but will have a mooch and find it
What would you choose and why? The new hedge will be a backdrop to my new peach and cream rose garden, the light comes from my neighbours side of the hedge which is why i want to keep it low
Its called Hypericum Hidcote. Its really easy to maintain and keep to the height you require. We trim it each year. It has flowers for months during the summer.
Yes it is beks. It flowers right through summer til the end of September/begin Oct. We let it grow to about 4ft with a walk way in between. I've got a pic somewhere that I put on here last year. I'll see if I can find it.