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valc
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hi all,can any one help? i'm looking at planting a hedge of some sort to cover gravel board wall. I only want it to grow up-to about 7ft. i'm looking for something that's easy and doesn't need trimming every year to keep it down, anyone any ideas?
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valc, you're asking for a plant to grow to 7ft then stop? good luck.
a fence painted green?
In the sticks near Peterborough
plastic ivy?
sorry for flippancy valc but plants don't work like that.
I don't think there's anything that would grow to 7 foot then stop.
In the sticks near Peterborough
thought i might be asking too much lol thanks
Yeah, Nice idea though
In the sticks near Peterborough
just thinking what about conifer trees? do they all grow enormous?? its a very long wall i'm trying to hide, i just don't want to go high because of the neighbours
any conifer that grows to 7 ft will (very) shortly be 17 ft and then 70.
You could put Ivy up it, or just grow more manageable flowering shrubs in front of it
In the sticks near Peterborough
http://www.mailgardenshop.co.uk/juniper-skyrocket-0001817c
I'm not advertising, but would something like this work? The eventual height is about 10ft but if you weren't bothered about the shape you could chop the tops off.
Or there's trellis and clematis. Montana doesn't need much looking after, just a hair cut now and again, but it would depend on your aspect.
thanks for the info, i've got to be careful as there's a lot of children that come here so have got to make sure nothing poisonous, someone told me clematis is a bit dodgy thats why we thought maybe conifers, the wall is a bout 180 ft long,so i would need a lot of the juniper-skyrockets. seems painting it green isn't such a bad idea after all lol