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I wish to plant a small hedge at the road end of my garden.   To deter dogs I am thinking of Holly, not only for the prickles but also I assume the tough shiny leaves will be less damaged by urine.    Although no spines I would prefer Ilex Golden

Hello to all. I have been planting a mixed hedge over the last few days and would like some clue as to when it will eventually start to resemble a hedge. I know its not going to be instant but just some clue as to years. What's in the mix? How old

We have moved a 10 ft beech hedge today and although it is planted not far from our garden boundary wall, I am wondering whether to reduce the height to reduce wind rock, or will this be too much shock? I don't know if I should wait until Spring

If a laurel hedge has been heavily trimmed(Exposing bare wooden branches) will it ever recover?

Hi all am a newbie here, just would like any thoughts on this i have a west facing boundry which i would like to plant up with a pleached hedge dosent have to be evergreen but would like it to be wildlife friendly as this is a big deal in my garden

I have a problem with this hedge and can't seem to find a cause for the browning. There are two links to two pictures. Any help appreciated. Thanks. Kev   http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/kevkelly/Image928.jpg

Hi all, I am no gardener and need some help/advice. I posted originally in another forum (plants). I wanted to have a buxus hedge (with a small flowering border in front of it), and was asking if I could plant it now as the frost has arrived. What

Between my neighbour's garden and my garden is a large leylandii hedge and I would love to remove it and grow native hedging (if I can persuade my neighbours that it would be a good idea - they are always complaining about the state of their lawn

We have just clipped the yew hedge: actually, to be completely accurate, a very nice fellow called Simon clipped it as I was too busy being a poncey garden designer (a pity as I really enjoy hedge clipping but time has been a bit short recently

I have a hornbeam hedge that I planted 4 years ago that has never been pruned. Will it make the hedge denser if I prune it? Am I too late this year and what is the technique to use? Thanks. It will make it more dense. It's still quite young so it