My neighbour is currently in the process of destroying the very well established hedge at the end of my garden which gives us a lot of privacy and blocks out road noise. Up to them it’s their hedge - but I would like to replace it. My ideal hedge would be:
fast growing
wide leaves for noise cancelling
pet friendly
wildlife friendly
suitable for heavy clay, sometimes waterlogged soil
That bit of garden is not waterlogged now but they’ve also removed a huge tree and are concreting the land so I suspect my marshy garden is about to get a lot wetter. I was going to go for red robin but it’s not really wildlife friendly so I wondered what else I should consider. Things I like like holly are far too slow growing.
also the best place to buy mature plants as cheap as possible would be good. I’m also open to a variety of plants to put in together as long as they meet the requirements.