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Hedges (bare-root)

12/13/2014

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Hedges, now's the time to plant them.
Plant deciduous hedges from November to March - the weather should force them to be fully dormant, and evergreen hedges (avoid bare root for evergreen- except buxus ssp.) in March or April - that will minimizing frost damage.
If you using bare root- plant for deciduous hedges, good idea is to soak whole bundle of plants well at least an hour before planting-simply plunge them in bucket full of water as the most valuable roots- fiber roots are dying immediately exposed on drying wind or exposed on sun.
Never leave bare roots hedging material exposed!!!
If you have to postpone planting day you can storage plants on site. To do this choose shelter part of garden,  dig a trench deep enough to cover roots system, place each plant to be sure the roots will be covered by soil - use the excavated topsoil. 
Native hedges are:
    Acer campestre -field maple
    Carpinusd betulus - Hornbeam
    Cornus sanguinea - common dogwood
    Corylus avellana- Hazel
    Crataegus monogyna - white hawthorn
    Euonymus europaeus- spindle
    Fagus sylvatica- common beech
    Hippophae rhamnoides - sea buckthorn
    Ligustrum vulgare- Wild privet
    Malus sylvestris - crab apple
    Prunus spinosa- Blackthorn
    Rosa arvensis- field rose
    Rosa canina- Dog rose
    Rosa rubuginosa- sweet briar
    Salix caprea- Pussy willow
    Salix purpurea- purple osier
    Salix viminalis- osier
    Sambucus nigra- common elder
    Viburnum lantana- Wayfaring tree
    Viburnum opulus- guelder rose


    In mnost situations it is the best to plant in double row 4 plants/meter (40-45cm betwens rows and 50cm apart in row). in mostly situations that combination will create a dense hedge. 
    If you are only allow to put one single row -because space is limited- plant 30 cm apart.


    Prune deciduous plants immediately after whole hedge is planted. Please do not hesitate to prune them hard!! if you will let them grow - your hedge will never be as dense as should be from the ground level. 




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Mary Pena link
8/25/2021 02:34:49 am

Great blog you have heree

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