Shrub suggestion please.

_Brian

So I have a border that's quite windswept, north facing and were at 250m altitude so we get late frosty winds each year.

I'm thinking if I planted an evergreen very hardy shrub at the end it would (I hope) break the wind and be somewhat protective of the bed.

Any suggestions on a decent looking every green shrub, preferably flowering, that
I could use ?? Ideally grown to maybe 6-8 feet.

A friend suggested checking out the Rhododendron family but I haven't looked it up yet.

It would be right next my entry so I'd like it to look half decent too.

looksee

I would suggest that if you are in a very exposed spot you should look around and see what is growing well in hedgerows near you.

For strong winds you would probably be as well off with a closely branched deciduous shrub - in strong winds the wind will go through, but still be reduced, rather than beating the leaves of an evergreen.

Laurel would do the job as an evergreen. You could also consider something like hawthorn which is deciduous but has flowers and trims to a very nice hedge. I suggest you put up a windbreak of netting to help any hedge get established.

mountainy man

I live at 5 m higher than you and started a garden from scratch on a slightly north facing slope, very exposed to the south, west and north, I have forestry to the east of me. As my garden has developed over the last 10 years I've had many successes and many failures with shrubs and these are some of the successes.

(e)= Evergreen

Berberis darwinii (e)
Buddleia globosa (semi e)
Buddleia x weyeriana
Various Spirea types
Olearia Macrodonta (e) I highly recomend for windy spots
Ribes Sanguineum
Rhododendron (e)
Fuchia magellanica
Viburnum rhytidophyllum(e)
Viburnum lantana
Viburnum plicarum mariesii
Leycerstia formosa
Physocarpus opulifolius Diablo
Phormium tenax (plain green species ) (e)

Have a google of these and see if you like any of them

_Brian

Thanks guys.
I'll work through that list and see what might work.

Oldtree

dont get a Rhododendron ponticum

_Brian

mountainy man wrote: »

I live at 5 m higher than you and started a garden from scratch on a slightly north facing slope, very exposed to the south, west and north, I have forestry to the east of me. As my garden has developed over the last 10 years I've had many successes and many failures with shrubs and these are some of the successes.

(e)= Evergreen

Berberis darwinii (e)
Buddleia globosa (semi e)
Buddleia x weyeriana
Various Spirea types
Olearia Macrodonta (e) I highly recomend for windy spots
Ribes Sanguineum
Rhododendron (e)
Fuchia magellanica
Viburnum rhytidophyllum(e)
Viburnum lantana
Viburnum plicarum mariesii
Leycerstia formosa
Physocarpus opulifolius Diablo
Phormium tenax (plain green species ) (e)

Have a google of these and see if you like any of them

Great stuff..
Went through the list and there is lots I like the look of.. particularly happy to see the buddleia on the list, I grew them very successfully at my last house but never thought of them for an exposed sight..

looksee

_Brian wrote: »

Great stuff..
Went through the list and there is lots I like the look of.. particularly happy to see the buddleia on the list, I grew them very successfully at my last house but never thought of them for an exposed sight..

They are usually buddleias that you see growing out of derelict house chimneys - doesn't come a lot more exposed than that!