Fast Growing Hedging

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I have a rather large area around the house to fence. Having gotten quotes for same found it way too expensive to do.
Just wondering if there is any fast growing hedging I could plant instead. Thanks.
 
Rural or Urban?
what linear length?
How far from hedge to your house at closest point?.
How far from hedge to your nearest neighbours?
What maintained height?
Have you priced in continuous maintenance and the risk of it dying?
 
ircoha said:
Rural or Urban?
what linear length?
How far from hedge to your house at closest point?.
How far from hedge to your nearest neighbours?
What maintained height?
Have you priced in continuous maintenance and the risk of it dying?
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Approx 500 feet from house to hedge
No Neighbours, rural site, just need it high enough for some privacy from field behind the house.
Measured it at about 2100 feet, it running behind house then goes at a right angle at the side of the house.
 
We can follow it on Google Earth! Enough room for Redwoods.
I would pick stuff that grows in the locality as then you will know that the soil conditions will be okay rather than something from a garden centre.
Look at the hedgerows.
 
Newbie,

Suggestion;
In Autumn plant bare rooted Laural, quite fast growing and can take a good hard pruning when you think they are high enough.Would be low maintenance but a bit bland.
Bare rooted Hawthorn are also good, cheap to buy, easy to plant, and are better for bird life etc.
Bare rooted Beech makes a lovely hedge but needs a bit more care , (not a lot)
No matter what you plant will need to be kept fairly weed free fo a couple of years until established.
As Monagt advises , avoid the very quick growers, even @ 500 feet!
 
Thanks everyone for the advice. Got a good idea of what I am going to plant from this now.
 
monagt said:
Great at first but in the future, can be a problem. See Balancing act in this link.



Don't use Bamboo or Leylandii == nightmare
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Nothing wrong with bamboo as long as you pick a clump forming bamboo and not a runner.

Bamboo makes for a lovely hedge and is an impressive sight when it forms a thick hedge.It also has a lovely rustle to it in the breeze and wind.


But as with anything in life if you want it to look good then you have to put in the effort to train it and maintain it.
 
Hornbeam makes for a lovely hedgerow too will be better than beech in wet and heavy soils.

A meter wide layer of Mypex installed along the hedgerow line will keep weeds at bay for may a year until the hedge has established enough.

Wait till bareroot season (November-March) to plant as it will be alot cheaper to buy your hedging/whips in this manner.

Do not plant in heavy frost or frozen ground.
 
There are many hedging choices....

Whitethorn isn't called a quick hedge for nothing. It is thorny though and deciduous.

Berberis is evergreen and very prickly, quick growing and has a nice variety with cascades of stunning yellow flowers and blue berries.

Laurel is evergreen and fast growing. It is a favourite of mine, being easy to maintain. The Portuguese laurel ( prunus lusitanica) is attractive with the darker green leaves.

Best to plant something nice, not just something for the sake of it.

Here are examples of what hedging can look like.

http://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Right_Species.html
 
Take a trip to Tully Nurseries in Ballyboughal in North County Dublin.
They have 12 different species of evergreen and deciduous hedgerows planted in a display area for the public to see what that specific plant or tree will look like as a hedge.

Each hedgerow is a good 5 meters long and 1.5 meters high.
This will give you a proper real world idea of what each hedgerow does look like and will look like on your land.
 
 
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