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I'd like to plant a live hedge on the road side of my property.
It's a large side, I am frugal and not that young, so I am looking for something that will grow very fast, dense and is cheap. I'll just let it grow, plenty of space and I'll plant away from fence, so that I do not need to trim it.
Suggestions? Laurels will do but they are pricey. Though can grow into a very tall wall, I saw them do it.
Thank you.
Maintenance is not an issue, I have plenty of space and will simply let it grow.
At the old property, I had about 700 lf of leyland cypress. It does not grow fast enough. It's also expensive.
I want it to grow fast and dense. Without breaking bank.
Yes, tall as a tree is quite fine.
As I said, laurels would have done it. I drove past several properties where they used laurels as privacy hedge off the arterial. They simply let them grow and it was rock solid dense wall very tall. Pricey though... I'll need about 30 trees to cover the side.
It depends on the type of soil that is there and the sun and moisture conditions. I'd spend the $$ to have the soil tested in some areas. Here are some recommendations:
1. Norway spruce
2. Green Giant thuja plicata
3. Burford Holly, dragon lady holly, foster holly *
4. Chinese Juniper
5. Picea Glauca
6. Thuja occidentalis - these are great for moist/alkaline-neutral soil, but not salt tolerant.
* hollies grow slowly, but they are salt-tolerant and may be good for near a road. I'd just buy big specimens.
I'd not recommend leyland cypress. They don't take trimming well, and are apparently short-lived disease magnetc.
Privets and you can start them from cuttings from any privet, the longer the cutting is, the bigger the head start you have on its growth. Get some willow switches, put them in a bucket of water to root, add the switches of privet and let them soak in that water for three or four weeks till roots show on the privet stems, then pot them up or plant them directly where you want them to grow. Willow water can be used to stimulate growth on many plants and watering the plants with the water afterwards helps to ward off shock from transplanting.
Privets and you can start them from cuttings from any privet, the longer the cutting is, the bigger the head start you have on its growth. Get some willow switches, put them in a bucket of water to root, add the switches of privet and let them soak in that water for three or four weeks till roots show on the privet stems, then pot them up or plant them directly where you want them to grow. Willow water can be used to stimulate growth on many plants and watering the plants with the water afterwards helps to ward off shock from transplanting.
Ahh, nice. Thank you. Privet can also be shaped into all kinds of cool figures. I'll look into this. That will actually be a nice thing for my wife, she likes potting plants. I am brutal physical force side.
Ahh, nice. Thank you. Privet can also be shaped into all kinds of cool figures. I'll look into this. That will actually be a nice thing for my wife, she likes potting plants. I am brutal physical force side.
In 2000 when we moved to our house, there were two hedges across the front of the property, one was a dragon with seven humps, about 40 feet long. Found out when we enquired about putting up a fence across the front that the hedge exceeded the minimum height of 3 feet above the crown of the road, that any accident that was a result of the hedge would put a lien on our property. The next day I got out my 3 in 1 oil, hedge clippers, an oil rag, file in one back pocket and proceeded to cut the hedge down. It took me six hours of steady cutting to get it to legal height. Three days after cutting it down, a neighbor gave me the thumbs up and called me the dragonslayer. Now I run a garden service called Dragonslayer Garden Service.
In 2006 I took some cuttings of a privet I had in Oakland that I brought up with me, 7 of them in one gallon pots and planted them along the inside of the second long hedge and started a new dragon hedge. We also got stop signs in the intersection that allowed me to grow a tall hedge again. Last year the two long front hedges were removed for the installation of sidewalks and gutters, the dragon had already assumed its form, but with nine humps and a smile this time. It is over 10 feet tall at the ears. I trim it about 3, sometimes 4 times each growing season to keep its growth tight.
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