Replacement hedge options.

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Had to rip out a large 2 metre high hedge last week that marked the boundary between my property and my neighbours. The previous occupants of my house had planted the leylandii monstrosity during a dispute with the previous occupants of my neighbours house, and it was right over the water supply pipe which burst last week.

Anyway I now have a patch of brown mud about 10m long by 1.5 metres white and I want to put something in there to mark the boundary.

It can't have deep roots, don't want it to get too high but enough height that it helps obscure visual access into our lounge a bit from the neighbours place. I live up north where it's wet and cold but it is in the sunniest place on the property.

Any ideas of what we could plant please? I'm not very knowledgeable about plants, especially shrubs / hedging. Thanks!

My go to is always a red robin hedge. Year long colour, likes being chopped back and reliable

The daisy bush, Olearia x haastii. Gets thick and bushy, evergreen with lovely white flowers in summer, easy to look after.

If you are happy with something that isn't an evergreen, how about a mixed native hedge? Hawthorn, field maple, beech, hornbeam, something like that? Good for wildlife too.

Our neighbours have a mixed hedge, forsythia, red robin, beech, it looks fabulous. It's not all evergreen but it's quite dense and very wildlife friendly.

In laws put in grisselinia and it has grown quickly and looks neat

I've got a mixed native hedge at my allotment - but it always look a bit scruffy.

https://www.best4hedging.co.uk/hedge-plants/mixed-hedging-packs?utm_term=hedging%20mix&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CjwKCAjwge2iBhBBEiwAfXDBR_EoO7Xqoxxan5bwF_uuMOYr-Uyze_9bg741XgfK-CjmCkxje_dEPBoCzJMQAvD_BwE
MIxed hedging pack.

Thanks all, some great ideas here.

Yew. It’s native, so will grow anywhere, not fussy about soil or shade, cold winds or winter waterlogging. Makes a lovely dense hedge, whatever height you like. Only needs clipping once a year, if you let it get out of control you can just prune it back hard and it comes back from brown wood. You can’t beat it.

Isn't yew really poisonous? In case small children or pets around