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Native hedgerow

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  Posted by amourjardin (U2357488) on Sunday, 30th October 2005

  I loved the fact that they have shown how to plant a native hedgerow on Gardeners' World. However, I wish they'd added two things: (1) Advice on the necessity to buy male and female holly bushes in order to get berries and (2) Some advice on how to manage the pruning of the beech. Carol talked about the hazel, but what do we do with the beech? I feel that the programme is back on track again: full of good, solid gardening know-how.

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  Posted by the cycling gardener (U2350416) on Sunday, 30th October 2005

  And didn't Carol pack them in. Loads of plants going in there. Needless to say the more vigorous species will take over as they would in the wild. I agree, more advice needed. This is the sort of detail GW should be getting right but sadly glosses over these days.

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  Posted by Twospot Ladybird (U1275458) on Sunday, 30th October 2005

  I agree with what you have both said. I feel that the programme should have given more information on what plants were selected and why. I'm growing a Native Hedge in my garden and although I have an idea of what I should be doing, more info on the programme would have been helpful.

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  Posted by weedy (U2329409) on Monday, 31st October 2005

  I believe beech is much like hazel in pruning. You can afford to trim quite a lot off because then it will come back from loads of lateral shoots. Perhaps they assume that you knew that anyway and were including it in the general sweep past.
  I am amazed at how well my hazel hedge - bought very cheaply as little more than sticks in a pot last winter - have done already. I heeled them in on a very cold day in January and they have truly burst forth. I was a bit worried about attacking them so enthusiastically but a friend who is a tree surgeon was on hand to encourage and explain but not do it for me. They have already started to produce lateral buds and I am hopeful that it will knit into a proper hedge next spring/summer. It's next to a concrete wall and right by the climbing frame so I am hoping that should one of the children choose to jump (unwisely) from the climbing frame towards the wall it might break their fall a bit before the wall breaks anything else...

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  Posted by William (U2169036) on Monday, 31st October 2005

  Beech can be pruned quite hard and with a little practice you could also use it in a laid hedgerow
  
  You can find lots more info at
  
  

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