advice on hedge boundaries

markharriers

Hi all i am just after soe advice please.

The back of our garden needs a bounderie as it has no fencing and backs onto a wood, i am not a Gardner at all mowing the lawn is the end of my knowledge :rotfl: i was wondering the cheapest way of buying some hedging plants? what type? fast growing etc

help much appreciated

glasgowdan

Buy small privet hedge plants, plant 2 per metre, add compost to the ground before you do, and don't cut them for a couple of years to start getting them up to height.

DaftyDuck

I use Buckingham Nurseries for plants. Cheaper do exist, but they are reliable, and offer first-rate advice (and replace plants that perform poorly with no fuss).

The range of plants you can buy is vast - so what kind of hedge do you want? Plenty of advice on that site!

Worth noting that for bare- root plants, you'll have to wait nine months to plant them.

markharriers

Thankyou both for your help.

there is no fence were i would put them i want the cheapest and fastest growing i can get as were planning on moving, like i said i no nothing on this matter

markharriers

glasgowdan wrote: »

Buy small privet hedge plants, plant 2 per metre, add compost to the ground before you do, and don't cut them for a couple of years to start getting them up to height.

how quick do these grow

many thanks

glasgowdan

It'll take a while to create a hedge. If you want one within a year you'll need to buy mature plants 4-5ft high and plant them closely, so it'll be a lot more expensive.

markharriers

glasgowdan wrote: »

It'll take a while to create a hedge. If you want one within a year you'll need to buy mature plants 4-5ft high and plant them closely, so it'll be a lot more expensive.

yea i no what your saying i just want a quick solution to put a bit of privacy at the back garden any other ideas? conifers maybe?

JP08

You're a bit late, as they need to be dug up and subsequently planted during the winter (plants are dormant), but for cheapest, you can't beat buying bare root plants. You'll have to wait until next January / February to go down this route.

We did 10m of hornbeam (which is like a tough beech) for the front boundary of ours for £60. That's planted double thickness, so enough plants for 20m of single file hedge.

Hornbeam wouldn't be great for your situation, as it isn't fast growing. But like beech it does have the advantage that it holds its dead leaves until the new ones start to form, making it a solid looking barrier even in winter.

glasgowdan

6ft leylandii will cost around £20 each and be fairly instant. I always try to plant the smallest plants i can in spring as they have much smaller water demands when it dries up and therefore survive better.

JP08

Had another idea - willow.

Something along the lines of this : http://www.thewillowbank.com/living-willow-structure-products/buy-living-willow-hedge-fence/

Will depend on what you consider "cheap". £23 a metre is cheaper than most fencing though.

markharriers

glasgowdan wrote: »

It'll take a while to create a hedge. If you want one within a year you'll need to buy mature plants 4-5ft high and plant them closely, so it'll be a lot more expensive.

yea i no what your saying i just want a quick solution to put a bit of privacy at the back garden any other ideas? conifers maybe?