Hedge Plants mid tier

[Overby]

I've got 1100 m of hedging to go in for Mid Tier, what's anyone's experience on best plants to use and sort of price to be paying per plant (2 year transplants)

Cheers

 

[mo!]

Ring Thorpe Trees, they will advise.

 

[bobk]

Blackthorn quicks

 

[Princess Pooper]

Blackthorn quicks

I wouldn't plant much blackthorn as it suckers like buggery. I would go mainly hawthorn with a bit of dogwood, field maple, hazel, guelder rose, crab apple as a good wildlife hedge, but best bet is to look at some local old hedges and see what grows well.

 

[bobk]

I wouldn't plant much blackthorn as it suckers like buggery. I would go mainly hawthorn with a bit of dogwood, field maple, hazel, guelder rose, crab apple as a good wildlife hedge, but best bet is to look at some local old hedges and see what grows well.

It's a hedge not an attraction , do you work for NE ?

 

[e3120]

It's a hedge not an attraction , do you work for NE ?

I agree, it's only a hedge. But blackthorn has no respect for boundaries, avoid the bloody stuff.

 

[tullah]

I agree, it's only a hedge. But blackthorn has no respect for boundaries, avoid the bloody stuff.

Good for keeping undesirables out.

 

[Hindsight]

It's a hedge not an attraction , do you work for NE ?

Reflect a moment Bobk. Ponder that in a few hundred years time, when we are long gone, two old boys will be standing next to that hedge or which you are selecting the species and comment 'which silly beggar failed to plant a diverse mix', or 'nice choice of plant species'.

 

[bobk]

Reflect a moment Bobk. Ponder that in a few hundred years time, when we are long gone, two old boys will be standing next to that hedge or which you are selecting the species and comment 'which silly beggar failed to plant a diverse mix', or 'nice choice of plant species'.

I'm expecting mine to be holding houses up before then

 

[Pan mixer]

Blackthorn a big no-no. 75% hawthorn and then a mix of other things depending on soil type.

No bloody dog rose either otherwise you will be bloody in the future.

 

[betternextyear]

Nobody and no livestock will go thru a dog rose hedge. Very useful against a footpath etc and its cheap too.
Probably best to stick with Hawthorn though.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I have found that above about 1000 feet, Blackthorn really does not do, so up in the hills, quick thorn definitely. I don't know how many rabbits you have, but I can't stand spiral guards, as after a few years they need taking up to stop them becoming micro plastic waste, I would say the same about laying a plastic mat below the hedge plants. I do neither, and the hedges grow really well, in spite of what the "experts" may say!

 

[organicguy]

I hate spirals but if we don't use them here, between rabbits and hares we would not have a hedge.

 

[Princess Pooper]

ADAS are trialing these tubes - good news for sheep farmers and the environment if they live up to expectations .. https://nexgen-ts.com/the-story/ but admittedly they are not spirals.

 

[organicguy]

ADAS are trialing these tubes - good news for sheep farmers and the environment if they live up to expectations .. https://nexgen-ts.com/the-story/ but admittedly they are not spirals.

Look really interesting, not on sale until the summer but heres hoping they are competitive.

 

[Lazy Eric]

It's a hedge not an attraction , do you work for NE ?

When you plant a hedge and you expect grant funding you have to use a mixture of hedge plants, it’s not to make it attractive it’s to make it compliant with the scheme rules.