Hedge advice

[Poppyfields21]

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a dense hedge that will comfortably grow to c.6ft tall but can be kept very shallow/narrow? I’m looking for something to line a (hideous put in by neighbour) fence but don’t want it to encroach on the garden much.

Thanks!

Beech or yew.

Does it have to be a traditional hedge of shrubs? The narrowest options would be:

1. Put up a trellis next to the fence and grow either evergreen climbers eg Trachelospermum jasminoides or intertwine climbers that bloom at different times eg a winter and summer flowering clematis.

1. Non-invasive bamboo

1. A living willow fence - basically willow whips (sticks) that you put in the ground and they grow shoots that you trim back to stop it growing into a tree. You can weave the willow into structures too eg an arbour

I will have a look at beech and yew, thank you.

I think I prefer traditional hedging. We have had bamboo previously and I just don’t love it, think I would feel the same about willow. Trellis with clematis could be nice for part of it though rather than a wall of hedge.

If you prefer traditional hedging, you could pleach the beech to make it narrower.

www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=155

I would use lonicera, it grows really fast but has tiny leaves so is easy to keep looking good, and is evergreen.