@nutcutlet, you hate laurel! Well I have a certain respect for it. Love it as the odd specimen. The spot is exposed and windy. The soil is very poor. Think chalk dust on chalk, and you aren't far off.
I'm a cotoneaster fan but not as hedging. It grows well for me.
Cherry plums have not been hedged and are very leggy. Lovely though, in flower now, a few blooms on New Year's Day count.
Yes, I hate laurel, wish I'd never planted it. We've just cut back some enormous specimens. They had ideas above their station and were just about in the road. They now look HORRIBLE. Bare and stumpy. They will regrow unfortunately
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@nutcutlet, you hate laurel! Well I have a certain respect for it. Love it as the odd specimen. The spot is exposed and windy. The soil is very poor. Think chalk dust on chalk, and you aren't far off.
@nutcutlet Are you happy with your cherry plums? How dense do the plants grow? How thorny is it?
No cotoneaster fans here then?
I'm a cotoneaster fan but not as hedging. It grows well for me.
Cherry plums have not been hedged and are very leggy. Lovely though, in flower now, a few blooms on New Year's Day count.
Yes, I hate laurel, wish I'd never planted it. We've just cut back some enormous specimens. They had ideas above their station and were just about in the road. They now look HORRIBLE. Bare and stumpy. They will regrow unfortunately
In the sticks near Peterborough
Perhaps tempted with one golden privet. Can you get a red variety?
I know laurel would look good. But I fear I'd grow bored of it, and later want for varied interest.
Would a few cherry plums look good in front of laurel, if I did fail to respond to my conscience?
Never seen a red privet
Alternate yellow and green was popular in my youth
Some time ago now
In the sticks near Peterborough
Nice hedge Tetley. I like that
In the sticks near Peterborough
I love that style of hedging. It looks great. Oh well, back to the drawing board I think.
I haven't the longest stretch. But perhaps four or five feature shrubs/trees would work well.
Is it possible for you to label your hedge items @Tetley, please. I figure the lovely purple one is the Cotinus.
Thanks for all the comments/suggestions.
Wayside: Hornbeam does very well on clay; not sure how well it does on chalk though and Beech likes it dry.