Low hedge

"dont shoot me here"

BANG! :hehe:

 

Will get some photos of the front to show (once i get dresssed!) and some measurements see if I can change your mind lol.

I do love the traditional lavender but have never seen it in so many interesting colours hence why I was thinking off adding some other colours. Have emailed that company and although they advertise next day delivery. Anything ordered now wouldnt be delivered until Tuesday and Im back at work next week :( Lady has told me which ones they have in stock though so will go through that list.

Yes its most definately to keep the postman out and delivery men of any sort who seem to show no respect whatsoever to my front garden! Even the window cleaner came to do inside and out on Tuesday and he had his ladders all over my plants when I wasnt watching so he has been told he is to use the spray system he has for outside now which doesnt involve getting the ladders out at all!!

Our kids friends are the worst - they must think I am the woman from hell everytime they knock the door cause they all get a telling off if i see trainer marks in the soil :hehe: I have some of them trained now, they stand at the front and shout to the upstairs bedroom window for No1 son who they are usually calling for .... Hmmmm think we have one of them trained too well though, he just walks straight in now !

Just out of interest, why would you normally plant in Autumn rather than now ?

 

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are they your bloomers you waving about?

 

"Just out of interest, why would you normally plant in Autumn rather than now ?"

Plants will establish better, and less chance of failing due to dry weather, and stress on the plants etc.

If you are in a hurry then plant container-grown plants, and water heavily once or twice a week. If not in a hurry I would wait until Autumn (although the plants may be harder to see in Autumn and Postie may have squashed them all by next Spring ... whereas s/he'll get used to thema t this time of year as they will be flowering

 

Have been out and taken some photos to show you the area.

This is the effected area, as you can see pretty bare as whatever I plant that just gets stood all over. You can clearly see how people half open the gate and then squeeze through standing all over the soil .......







This is the big bush thats already there, which i think is Buxus ? This would have to go if i planted the lavender .....





This is the other side of the front garden which doesnt get stood on but would also like to plant a couple of lavenders to hide the grate (right hand side).





A photo to show you what hides below that grate ..... easy way to water the front




Measurements for affected area are 106 inches x 42 inches.

Would this area be big enough to plant lavender as a hedge (possibly in different shades), and also how many plants do you think I would need to fill it out ?

Hope all that gives you all a better idea of what I am dealing with

 

Lavender would look ideal there and a visible barrier would prevent people walking on the soil. Just make sure the plants are big enough to be visible when you plant them out! The other side, behind the gate would be fine for lavender too.

I used to have a lavender hedge - I planted the plants (homebase cheap, hence removing the hedge as they weren't compact enough) about 6 inches apart in early Spring and by flowering in Summer they had filled out nicely, too much in fact. But the ones I had were monsters, hence giving you that link to the lavender nursery. Get compact varieties - the "hedge" up much better and aren't such triffids.

 

Thanks Aaron ..... again

Am making a shortlist off that very website, although I have noticed only 2 (i think) saying they make great hedges. None of the different coloured ones say anything.

For example ..... "No9 -A very floriferous and neat lavender which makes an
exceptionally fine hedge"

Not sure if you have ever been through that site, but do you think I would be better sticking to one varient (say the above), over having 2 or 3 different colours ?

 

what about a well trained triffid?:hehe:

 

"which i think is Buxus"

Looks like it. Its a nice plant, hopefully you may be able to find it a new home?

Lavender (well, anything really) might make opening the grate to get to the hose difficult?

 

With regards to the Buxus Kristen ..... its been here longer than I have so at least say 10 years old. Would I even be able to get it out roots n all ?

If I plant lavender to cover the view of the grate, then I will remove the grate completely. It covers the cellar window (which lets no light in at all!) and I think (??) that its only there is stop rubbish falling in the whole ..... well its useless at doing that !!! Filled a whole bin liner almost full of rubbish that had blown in there off the street. As far as I am aware there is no other reason for the grate to be there ??

We live in a almost 200 year old townhouse which is a direct route for everyone on their way home from the pubs and kebab shops. Needless to say most weekend morning our garden is full of empty food boxes or beer cans after people have used our wall as a picnic bench on their way home The grate doesnt stop any of that rubbish falling down the hole cause there is a big gap at the back of it !

 

"Would I even be able to get it out roots n all ?"

Worth a try. Stick it in a big pot and see if it survives. Then flog it! How big is it? I bought some 60cm diameter balls in 60L pots last year and they were a shade over £100 each s00k

" I will remove the grate completely"

Sounds like a good plan.

 

Quickly measuring along the tops ......


100cm wide, 80cm long, 75cm high ...... is the big one

60cm wide, 50cm long, 57cm high ....... the small one


Did have another big one the other side but ripped it out a couple of years ago to put my christmas arch up

 

Couple of hundred quid there then ... Need a "willing buyer" at that price though ... but eBay will find the market price for you.

"Come lift it yourself" might be the best approach ... not your problem if it them dies :thumb:

 

Here's a link for anyone who doesn't believe you as to their value:

http://www.shrubsdirect.com/shop/Topiary_Balls.html