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Help on boundaries

Posted by Lisa Valentine on November 6, 2008 at 1:04pm
I have a customer who used to have leyllandii hedging. Her neighbour gave her a days notice before ripping it all up and put up a fence. In my opinion a very good nice quality fence which would have cost a fortune. She now has a gap of about 1 foot between the fence and her other plants (from where the leyllandii used to be).My problem is that she wants hedging back or some greenery in front of the fence because that is what she is used to. I'm worried by putting in hedging, it's going to push the rest of her plants out or with stronger shrubs in the future it might damage the fence and I don't really want to cause further neighbour disputes. So any suggestions about hedging that you can prune not to go too wide but grows to about 5ft would be great. Another thought we had was to put up posts and wire in front of the fence and plant up evergreen climbers. We can't plant things on the fence though as we have to be careful with the neighbours.Please help!!!
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  • steve loftus November 6, 2008 at 3:16pm
    a foot gap is not much room to play with,what about a row of standard/half standard roses,do you have a photo of site,to give us an idea of space and other plants.
  • Debbie Britten November 10, 2008 at 8:36am
    Pyracantha can be trained along posts and wires, is a good thorny boundary and can be trimmed to be very thin. is also evergreen and gives a nice backdrop, plus berries for the birds.

    Beech was a nice suggestion - leaves stay on all year, only drop when new ones come in spring. use hornbeam instead if area is boggy.

    Remember you will still need to be able to access it for maintenance
  • Lisa Valentine November 11, 2008 at 8:01pm
    Hi

    Sorry taken so long to get back to you. Thanks for all of your help. A compromise has been reached between myself and the customer which was to have some wire and posts and evergreen climbers. Then in between some shrubs that are easy to maintain and lop at.

    Thanks for all of your help. It's really good to know that if I get truly stuck then I can contact you guys for back up advice. It's a great website.
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