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creating a full bodied hedge

They don't know what they're missing, do they? Even the smell of the earth is exciting!

creating a full bodied hedge

What a lovely thing to say... Don't worry, I absolutely "take time to stop and stare". The acid green of the euphorbias, bright yellow daffodils, purple primula, mixed helebores, burning leaved spirea... Lots to distract me from those leggy hedges!

creating a full bodied hedge

Thank you both- I don't feel so incompetent now!

creating a full bodied hedge

I seem to struggle to keep ny hedges chunky at the base- they all seem to get leggy!

I had some large hebes in front of some laurels, the hebes have been removed and, inevitably, there are gaps at the base of the laurel. Will giving them a "haircut" at the top help them to fatten up at the base?

Is this true for all hedging?

Fences would be easier but birds and insects don't benefit much from fences, do they?

Our own A to Z of our Gardening

Lunaria- a lovely plant until the wind breaks through the seed heads! No lilies for me because of our cats

Cat Friendly Plant Suggestions

I leave a bit of chickweed here and there as my cats love it!

does anyone know what it is??

Or pulmonaria (lungwort)? Tiny blue, pink or whit flowers? Some leaves might be spotted...

the weather

I'll check and get my umbrella out!

SNOW!

Lyn, are you a sadist?  The weather in the North of England is shockingly, depressingly freezing...

the weather

I am feeling a bit disheartened, plant lovers! We moved to the house we live in now because of its good sized garden. We moved in the late 1990s and I can honestly say the appalling weather has stopped us gardening again and again! How can we fulfil the desire to garden when the weather is SO poor? How do the rest of you gardeners get your "fix"?

creating a full bodied hedge

the weather

hedging

NNE facing and clay soil- help!

pruning elders

rejuvenating shrubs

composting