HEDGES what would you choose?

[NotAnOtter]

we are in northern england and our victorian house faces onto a small wood hence quite dark

we want to remove fencing and make a hedge (guessing around 20 metres of boundary)

i dont really want beech due to non evergreen but am open to suggestions?

EachPear - warms my cockles that!

Still wavering between yew and privet...i think dp thinks privet dull....

Oh privet is dull! So samey and boring, and everyone has privet (umm, inc us).
But yew takes sooooo long to grow, and I don't think we'll be in this house long enough to benefit, so you have to do it!

yew was alledgedly a fast grower....will check...

Yew and Holy are slow growing.

We live in Scotland and planted a Beech hedge a couple of years ago. Purple Beech does not like the wet and gets Beech Weevil. If I was doing it again I would go for Hornbeam

DW has just reminded me that the biggest Beech hedge in the World is in Scotland

It is green Beech not purple.

Did you have a look at Portuguese Laurel?
www.evergreenhedging.co.uk/portugal-laurel_2.htm for details
Evergreen, elegant glossy leaves which reflect light and provide good privacy, easy to maintain, good for wildlife and flowers too.
Looks very good with other plants/flowers in front of it too.

There is a great selection of hedging on the Ashridge Trees website. We got escallonia and pyracantha from them last year and both have done really well

Hope this helps

LadyElle

box. then grow a little maze thiingy. but then am in fantasy land again.
beech is nice. anything except yellow prvet. green privet is o.k but not yello.
and something you can topiary.
i want a hedge.

and stick insects eat green privet - you could setup a farm and breed them