Long story short …. the front of our cottage has conservation restrictions. We want to rebuild a boundary wall but council are playing silly buggers.

We can however replace the crappy trellis boundary fence with a natural boundary e.g. a hedge.

Looking for something not too bushy that can be trained for a section that I don’t want to dig out.

Approximate length needed is about a cars length.

Can anyone help?

Beech?

Planted a mixture of native hawthorn and hornbeam out front a few years ago. It looks lovely when the hawthorn is in bloom and is alive with birdies and insects.

Have a look here. Lots to choose from.

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Leylandii?

Does beech not have really deep routes? Don’t want anything too sturdy!

Dudle – Can/could the hedge be kept quite compact?

Liking the look of this comparable in cost to having a wall built which is a good thing.

Dudle – Can/could the hedge be kept quite compact?

Yes indeedy. I trim it once a year and keep it about 4ft high and 3ft wide (it was planted in 2 rows). It is very manageable and not terribly fast growing

you should contact roger the shrubber…I hear he’s good at this stuff

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