shrubs for large sight border, on windy expose sight l
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pollen jim Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree

Joined: 14 Mar 2013 Posts: 86 Location: MULLINGAR
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 7:46 pm Post subject: shrubs for large sight border, on windy expose sight l |
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hi, im looking for advice for my sight border, i dont want to use laurel, piviot, copper beech or leylandi trees. im looking for a mixed large border, with spread no more than 8ft, its a big expose sight,in the midlands, and the soil ranges from deep peat, to 12'' of soil and then hard lack. height 6 to 8ft, really like a mixed border of evergreens and summer plants. please suggest freely with the knowledge that it will grow in my conditions. thks jim |
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Sive Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
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pollen jim Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree

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Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:41 am Post subject: |
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thks sive , will they manage thin layer of soil? |
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Sive Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
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Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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I'm afraid I just wouldn't know, but I'd be inclined to give it a try.....maybe increase your depth of soil a bit with added compost and manure ? I'm no expert, but I try things out and let plants tell me if they're unhappy, then I move them ! |
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tippben Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
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Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:53 am Post subject: |
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You could use Euonymous japonica, Juniperus communis, Laurus nobilis, interspersing things like Prunus padus, Euonymous eauropaeus, and Cretagous laevigata "Crimson Cloud" for flower, structure, autumn colour and variety. |
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pollen jim Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree

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Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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thk sive, wow thats brillant tippben, going to google these straight away, cheers |
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