How much for a pleached hedge?

[united4ever]

see attached pic. thinking of a pleached hedge above shrubs running all the way along the back of my garden. this would cover the unsightly mix of fences etc. Would need to be evergreen, flowers are a bonus and love a bit of autumn gold or red but that is only deciduous trees isn't it?. How much are we talking roughly?....ideally would want it putting in by a gardener to reduce the risk of them dying but could do it myself possibly...is there anything more difficult than planting a normal tree?. Once planted how much maintenance do they need? what type of tree is best? Thanks in advance

I think it will be pretty expensive.
Red robin for colour. They evergreen but new leaves are red. You would have to specify height and length of the fence you want covering to work out a price. Re maintenance I found this:

“These Pleached specimens have been trained onto frames, making them perfect for high level screening. The clear stem is 1.8-2m high, with a frame on the top of 1.2m x1.2m square. Planted at 1.2m centres, these pleached trees form an immediate continuous screen, or stilted hedge, without encroaching too much into the lateral space of a garden. These pretty evergreen specimens are the perfect tree of choice for this purpose and offer much more in the way of ornamental delight to those who plant them than the utilitarian evergreen specimens such as Tree Privets.

To form a good and immediate impact upon planting, Medium sized trees should be planted at 1.2m + centres, the further apart they become the longer it will take for a full screen to develop.

Regular pruning of a stilted screen is necessary to ensure density is maintained. With Photinia on a Pleached frame, this can be achieved by simply pruning into shape or for the more ambitious gardeners out there, tying the branches into the shape of the frame. It is important to note that whilst you can still achieve some upward growth on these trees, because they have been trained onto a frame, it will take a little more time to reach the upper mature height of 5-7m than the standard specimens.”

www.greenmiletrees.co.uk/product/photinia-red-robin-pleached/

www.paramountplants.co.uk/plant/photpl/photinia-red-robin-pleached-tree.html

How are you going to get planting holes dug when you have shrubs so close to the fence?

about the space behind the shrubs...maybe this picture shows it better.....happy to move the Fascia in the foreground and the Acer at the end. I think I could go up to top of my neighbours fence which would be around 3.5 to 4 meters from the ground but would check with them first. Looking at the links in the first reply it will be so pricey really....any ideas for an alternative that would have height, Grow fast, evergreen and fit well in that space?

Thanks Windows....are all Elaeagnus slightly yellow leaves?.....trying to move away from yellow