Need to create a hedgerow quickly for privacy - conifers?

moneyistooshorttomention

That's quite cheered me up to think that the bloomin' leylandii planted by nfh is deemed downmarket these days:rotfl:

Re eleagnus ebbingei - there is a plus to them. Edible berries. So dual purpose - and no worries if your children start experimenting with eating them.:)

Cherry laurel on the other hand:eek: - if they do so.

Davesnave

PrincessJR wrote: »

Davesnave - regarding planting established trees, we are looking at 3ft hornbeam at the moment. Do you think then that planted established trees would mean any hedgerow would always appear sparse at the base compared to the existing hornbeam hedge?

One concern is privacy as we are along the lane, this is our reason for choosing established and we'd hoped that it we planted 3 per metre in a zigzag that they would 'knit' together well. Are we wrong?

3' specimens would be OK , but I'd prune them to get them to bush out and 3 per metre would be fine. I wouldn't plant till November, when bare root plants will be fraction of potted prices and the soil will still be relatively warm.