Hi Sheal,Thanks for the advice. I've taken some pics, as you say it makes things easier. In doing so, it clarified the fact that things...
Hi Sheal,The comment re roots & feeding, picked up somewhere or other, was that feeding in the early stages gave nutrients too easily to the...
Well based upon good advice received here & elsewhere, last spring I planted row of 3-4 ft Laurel plants at intervals of about 1 ft. The closer...
Thank you both for your further info and for reposting my link. I'll try to obtain the better grade fabric you describe. I may well take you up...
Thank you both for the further info. When you say:'Laurel can be cut at the same time as privet (probably won't be necessary to do it as often)...
Sorry lost my reply somewhere, an annoying rule about having to 'Like' first before being allowed to post then a Save Draft option that doesn't...
Dear Kristen & shiney,Many thanks to you both for your thorough & well informed replies. I do feel reassured reading them!To answer you both...
Thanks for the reply. Monty Don said 'Avoid the poisonous, aggressively invasive cherry laurel, and go for the beautiful Portuguese variety';...
I’m separated from my neighbours by a several decades old Forsythia hedge, turning into privet one later on. At the near end it’s perched upon an...
That's an interesting idea. I've found somewhere online selling them 80/100cm for £36 in a 10L pot. I suppose I could cut the bottom away from...
If I leave the gap open, how will the new growth bridge the metre gap without any ground roots along the way?
If I erect a temporary barrier, like chain-link fence plastic coated fencing, spanning the gap, would that encourage the hedge to grow along it?...
daitheplant,Thanks for the reply. Is the existence of the very mature tree (over two foot wide at least) likely to affect the success of...
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