Contemporary shelter belt

paddylonglegs

Getting rid of huge over grown lleylandi and would like to hear suggestions for something contemporary that also functions well as a shelter belt and protects the house from the wind. The lleylandi are currently 30ft high at least and block all evening sun. Would a combination of an evergreen hedge , approx 6ft high lets say, and deciduous trees such as birch work well? The area in question is approx 12ft from the house

Thanks

paddy147

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Getting rid of huge over grown lleylandi and would like to hear suggestions for something contemporary that also functions well as a shelter belt and protects the house from the wind. The lleylandi are currently 30ft high at least and block all evening sun. Would a combination of an evergreen hedge , approx 6ft high lets say, and deciduous trees such as birch work well? The area in question is approx 12ft from the house

Thanks

Bamboo grown as a hedge/shelter belt as an alternative perhaps?

This is a 7 feet tall and 3.5 feet thick bamboo hedge.:)

paddylonglegs

paddy147 wrote: »

Bamboo grown as a hedge/shelter belt as an alternative perhaps?

This is a 7 feet tall and 3.5 feet thick bamboo hedge.:)

Not bad looking actually thanks

My Potatoes

Bamboo can be very invasive if not kept in check.

paddylonglegs

My Potatoes wrote: »

Bamboo can be very invasive if not kept in check.

Yeah I read this today also.

Any other thoughts? Would ideally like to keep it evergreen to have all year round protection

paddy147

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Yeah I read this today also.

Any other thoughts? Would ideally like to keep it evergreen to have all year round protection

Red Robin,Laurel or Portugese Laurel??


You may have to recondition/improve the soil,after having large lleylandi trees there for so long.

My Potatoes

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Any other thoughts? Would ideally like to keep it evergreen to have all year round protection

You've probably looked here already, but just in case:
http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about204.html