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  • 15-04-2019 8:08am
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    Curly head
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭


    Hi all
    Im thinking of sowing an evergreen hedge around the garden. Its about 120 yards in total. I had a griselinia hedge there but the frost killed it a no of years ago. There is a block wall on part of it and wire mesh fencing on the rest of it. Thinking of laurel but it may be to vigorous, I want to keep it at about 4 or 5 ft high. Any ideas please
    Thanks


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    macraignil
    Registered Users Posts: 3,442 ✭✭✭macraignil


    Lots of possibilities but some of the evergreen hedges I like would include, photinia red robin, viburnum tinus, olearia, pyrachantha and privet.


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    Hocus Focus
    Registered Users Posts: 754 ✭✭✭Hocus Focus


    Is Laurel half Hardy?


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    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,072 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    I sowed eleagnus (x ebbengei) and viburnum (tinus) a couple of years ago and of the two the viburnum looks more attractive, at least in their current juvenile stages.

    Judging by the photos I see online viburnum tends to be grown as a more informal hedge, but I have also seen it clipped neatly.

    Lots of other choices though.


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    Citizenpain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,939 ✭✭✭Citizenpain


    Look at beech , not evergreen but the leaves do stay on over winter


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    B00536518
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭B00536518


    hello lads,

    just new to this,

    lads you will pick up really high quality 2 litre potted privets, laurels etc for 2.50-3 euro,

    as i said in privious post i had a friend who was pricing hedge for heep of properties that he owns, was getting some mental prices of 6-7 euro for laurels, privets, portuguese laurel etc

    picked up heep of different ones for around 2.50 each./two litre potted, roughly 2 foot bushy stuff

    the guy delivered them too

    cheers


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