How to plant a garden hedge
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- This guide shows how to successfully plant a hedge in your garden. www.gardenninja.co.uk the garden design blogger shows you how! Hedges are great for sheltering your garden from the elements and encouraging wildlife. A hedge can also be low maintenance if you choose a slow growing evergreen variety.
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All explained by Garden Ninja, Manchesters Garden Designer and blogger Lee Burkhill.
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The key pieces of hedge laying equipment are.
Sharp garden spade - to remove turf and dig in your plants
Garden Fork - for cultivating the soil and adding aeration to the planting pockets
Wheelbarrow - to transport plants and remove soil/turf
Tape Measure / Trundle Wheel - to work out distances for planting
Canes - to mark out your plants and boundaries
Watering can - to give your new hedge a good drink!
A cup of tea - to keep yourself hydrated
Beth Chatto, the garden legend, has advocated in choosing the right plant for the right place and this couldn’t be truer for hedges. In your haste to fit your new hedge, you do need to spend some time considering what species best meets your needs.
Are you looking for evergreen colour? Deciduous hedging that may fruit and then drop its leaves each year. Something that’s fast growing, slow growing bushy or upright, thorny or smooth? Deterrent or aesthetic?
Preparing your soil for planting hedges is vital. Fail to prepare and prepare to fail. The more work you put in at this stage the higher the chance of planting success. Firstly you will need to remove any turf that maybe in the area, planting through turf leads to grass and weeds growing in between your hedges and can make for a really messy looking hedge so avoid it at all costs!
Digging over the soil for your hedges helps break up compaction, aids drainage and adds air to the soil. This enables your newly planted hedges to easily root and establish in the soil. You can do this either with a spade and fork turning the over the soil until it’s broken into a suitable tilth (crumbly texture) or with a petrol powered cultivator.
Ensure you cultivate a 60cm wide trench for your plants, this will create a neat boundary for the hedge and allow you to edge the lawn that may adjoin it. Remove any rocks or debris and now you’re ready for the exciting part, planting the hedges!
Please don’t be tempted to add buckets of lovely compost! The reason why is that compost degrades quickly and when planting a hedge it can lead to the hedge dropping and becoming uneven. If you want to use compost for hedges then please use it as a mulch afterwards!
You will need to dig in your hedging plants to the required depth for the plant species you have picked. For the Griselinia littoralis, I’ve used its 1 1/2 depths the pot in which they arrived in. I also dug the holes twice as big as the pot. This allows you to break up the soil and aid root growth and irrigation.
Once planted you will need to water your hedges thoroughly. Given their lack of root structure in the new soil you need to make sure they have plenty of water to help sustain them and enable them to send out new growth and roots. Laying a seep hose or irrigation can help save time in watering your hedges and can be attached to a timer if need be. New hedges will need to be watered at least twice a week even daily if the temperature is high.
Hedges are used frequently in garden design to mark out spaces, screen off views, hide parts of the garden and provide structure. Depending on the style of your garden hedging can be used in a formal or informal way.
Formal hedging uses clipped straight lines to give a clean sharp and symmetrical viewpoint. Clipped box, yew or hornbeam are all classic examples of formal hedging. These are usually considered higher maintenance and can have a dramatic effect on the garden. Knot gardens often used clipped box as a low hedge to mark out the areas or parterre of the garden design. The key with these styles of hedges is order and symmetry.
Informal garden hedging is far more relaxed and natural. Species such as Prunus spinosa, Cherry Laurel, Fuchsia and Hawthorn are often used as informal hedge species. They are usually less manicured, though not always, and have a softer look on a garden design. These are usually better for wildlife as they are not as tightly clipped and so can become home to nesting birds and insects. Always take care when clipping that there’s no nests or young birds in the hedge at that time!
Brilliant job. I love your videos. Easy to follow and very informative. Thank you.
You're welcome Terry. Glad you're finding my garden guides useful. There's a few more in the pipeline as well if you subscribe! ;-) Lee
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If I had a choice I'd choose a hedge over a fence anyday. You will be giving an amazing roost for the birds, and attract so many beautiful sounds for your garden. Incredibly unique too.
I like the phrase "baffling wind"! 😊
“Some time afterword”!
Boy, I’ll say.
Good job, thanks.
Good job. I hope you give us a three- or six-month update on the hedge.
Absolutely superb. I’ve found all info I needed in your video. You explain things brilliantly too 👏🏼
Thanks Sarah. Really glad it has been helpful for you! Happy Gardening. Lee.
It's a good idea. I'll take a look. Thank you very much.😊
Happy Gardening!!! :D
How to lay a hedge? Well, you might want to start off with nice compliments and maybe drinks. Then see where it goes. (Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. Great instructional video, BTW)
🤣🤣🤣 Cheers John! Humour always wins in the Garden Ninja community! 🥷🌿 Do checkout the other 200 videos and also my site for more gardening content. www.gardenninja.co.uk 🥷🌿
Thankyou, I. M going to plant a border hedge so these tips have been a great help. 🌿🌱👍
Glad to have been of help Sandra! Good luck with your hedge. Happy gardening!
As a non gardener, I thoroughly enjoyed this video and it has provided useful tips. Thank you!
Mr T glad it was helpful. I’ve got plenty of more on my channel if you need more inspiration! Happy gardening!
I will certainly be checking out your other videos:) is it possible to grow those hedges in November-December time?
Nice and easy to follow. Thank you
thanks for the class i feel now i can get gooing and plant my beech hedging
Thanks Jan. Glad the videoes been helpful. Ooohh I have a beech hedge as well further in the garden. Goes a lovely copper colour in the winter and rustles. Lovely stuff! Happy Gardening.
Really like your personality! And superbly explained!
Cheers Mohammad, glad the videos been useful! Happy Gardening!
You are one of the few people out there who I can listen to Forever. Your vast knowledge was just what I was looking for!. And I thought I knew it all😂 so definitely subscribed and will be listening to you for the rest of my life!❤
He has a very pleasant voice and v pleasant to listen to
Just discovered your channel and have now subscribed. Very informative and helpful. Thank you.
Thanks Phyllis. Glad you’re enjoying my channel. I’ve got over 150 gardening guides to get you out and gardening for success! Happy gardening. Lee 🤘🥷🌿
Thank you for posting this. Very helpful. Can you show a living fence hedge?
Top video mate , as always very easy to take in and informative!!
You’re welcome platinum 87 glad it’s been useful! Happy Gardening!
Great advice best one I've seen so far..
My plants have been dying 😩
I've been trying to create a hedge for privacy👍🏽
Pittasporum
Thanks for the comment A & J Watson. Pittosporum will make a really dense attractive hedge. It’s not going to reach for the stars in terms of height as it’s pretty slow growing but is easy to care for. Do you know what’s causing your plants to die though? Maybe address that first! Ie luck of water. Weedkiller drifting in from a neighbouring garden etc. Happy gardening.
Thanks.I enjoyed that.
Great video, really easy to follow. I’m doing a small one for my front garden.
Gra Zh be great to see how it progresses! Why not update me and my followers on my Facebook or twitter feed? All the best. Lee
I find your channel really helpful 😎😎
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Fantastic video! Thank you for the tips.
You’re welcome! Happy Gardening! Lee
Thank you for this really informative and helpful video. I am learning loads from you
Thanks Christine, I'm so glad they are helpful for you! All the best Lee
Fantastic. This was very helpful.
Thanks Alfonso! 🙏🏻
Man!! This was amazing! Thanks so much!
Thanks Kelwyn. Glad you enjoyed it! Make sure you subscribe for even more garden design hints tips and hacks. Happy gardening! Lee
Wow that took a lot of effort! Thank you for this informative video and for all your hard work! ❤️ Greetings from Fort Worth, Texas
You’re welcome! Make sure you check out the hundreds of other video guides on my channel. Happy gardening in Texas! 🥷🌿🤘
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Thank you very much, very informative and detailed video. Much appreciated. You just got a new subscriber
Thanks John Woo more to come! Happy gardening. Lee
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Wow, I really wasn’t interested in a hedge but I found your video very compelling all the way to the end. Great video. 😃🍃
Thanks for the comment. I’ll be posting some updates on the hedge to my Instagram page shortly! Garden_ninja_lee Happy gardening!
love this video and so well presented thanks
Thanks Ross. It’s great to receive such positive feedback!! Make sure you subscribe to watch my 100+ garden guides and design hacks. Happy gardening. Lee
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Great work, simple understandable thank you 🙏
Thanks Amour. Glad you liked the guide. 😀
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Good morning Peter! Nice to hear from you. Happy Gardening!!
Thanks...perfect for what I need.
Thanks Iain! Glad to help 🥷🌿🤘
219...wow. Great job. Wish my soil was that beautifully and adequately loose to dig a hole in.
Hi Ninja I love your video. Good job. Congratulations from Sénégal - West Africa Sahel
Thanks Awa. Glad you like the videos! Happy Gardening!
Super helpful. Thanks
You’re welcome. I’m glad my gardening guides are useful! 🥷🌿🤘
That was one super video young man - thanks, I learned so much useful info - keep on with these type of videos.
Thanks Kathy Cook. Glad it was so useful! There’s more videos in the pipeline! 😀👍 Lee
Brilliant job Garden Ninja your video is very useful. I have a question about Lily edges plant how to grow them faster
Never thought to use a cane to measure between plants, great idea!
Thanks Lisa! Happy gardening! Lee 🥷🌿🙌
Thanks for the vid.
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Very great video.
Thank you
You’re welcome. Glad you like it. Happy gardening! Lee 🥷🌿
brilliant video
Thanks Perry! Happy Gardening. 😃
that's one big garden. Thought mine was big.... do love your channel though and your creative mind is amazing
Thanks Marc, I'm glad you like the video and yes the garden that I've recently moved to is going to take some real careful thought design wise! If you haven't already why not subscribe as I post more developments on it!
my house is a 1935 semi detatched with a wide long garden. I'm in property maintenance by trade but like a well kept garden. so in terms of doing jobs in the garden I'm fine. I struggle with plants and the arrangements of them. although what I do have in the garden (I'll be honest most of the names I don't know) seem to be doing fine. I'll keep going and learning as I go 😆 keep it up with the channel! Marc
Hey Marc, Well if you want some planting and design arrangement inspiration my site www.gardenninja.co.uk has some examples of work I've done. All the best and keep at the gardening! Lee Garden Ninja!
I will check it out... thank you. I've just got rid of my front lawn which was in aid of a larger drive and ive just completed a rockery in semi shade. quite a large one with ferns, vinca majors, aubrieta and similar varietys that tolerate sun and shade mix depending on the time of day.
Excellent video
Thanks Tom. Glad its useful! All the best. Lee
Thank you for the video. What is the space between the plants? Thank you.
Great vid, very informative ...
Thanks Nomad. Make sure you subscribe as I've now got over 100 how to garden design guides on this channel to help new gardeners! Happy Gardening. Lee
Fantastic, thank you.
Thanks Chris!
This is a fantastic help🙂
Thanks Michelle. Glad it’s helpful. Happy gardening. Lee
Garden Ninja Ltd hoping to pick your brain,if I do a hedge between my self and the neighbour what’s the general rule/etiquette for that ?Should I leave a gap to get in behind to trim or just put up against her fence? It’s a chain link fence!
I’d maybe be a good neighbour. Leave a small gap and pick a hedge that isn’t a total invasive brute. They have a right to cut back anything that grows on their side here in the UK. So if you’re based her bare that in mind. Alternatively have a quick chat with your neighbour. They maybe up for a lovely hedge their side! Happy gardening!
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Thanks MeMe! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿
I watched this video a few weeks ago and have now planted 383 griselinia following your instructions, they are similar height to what you planted here in 2017, what about the annual growth rate, how is that hedge looking now?
great video, thank you! I'm looking to put in some hedges so this was just perfect to help me understand the steps needed and prep required! One question - I'll be planting my hedge in front of a fence like you have done - are there any other considerations for this? Does it require additional pruning for example? Will it absorb the fence over time or should the fence be removed first?
Thanks for your question. I wouldn’t remove the fence. It will act as a supplementary support as the hedge grows. So I would leave it. If you have neighbours it’s worth while considering if the hedge is going to spill over to their side. They may once you speak to them be quite happy about more privacy and wildlife so always have a chat! No additional pruning. Just follow my how to trim hedges guide here www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-prune-trim-and-clip-hedges-with-ease/ 🥷🌿🤘
@@Gardenninja Thanks Lee! Appreciate the reply.
thanks for this. ive got 400 to plant now!! I wonder will I need a cultivator since my garden is less than a year old
Hi Aiden. You only need to cultivate heavily compacted soil. If it’s a new property with fresh soil you should be fine. It’s more that when you dig you may find rubble and all sorts. So more a case of removing rubbish than needing to rotovate! Happy planting! Lee 🥷🌿👌
This has been really valuable as I am thinking of putting in an oleander hedge as a wind-breaker and needed some tips on how to go about it. While the plant is toxic its seem to be able to stand up to the full sun, wind and poor limestone soil in my gusty seaside garden, plus the flower colour choices are plentiful and lovely. Just need to research how far apart I should plant them. Thank you!
You’re welcome Ann-Marie! Glad to help. If you ever get stuck 45-60cm is usually the accepted distance for ‘most’ hedges when planting. Happy Gardening! Lee
Amazing advice, thank you. I am going to plant a hedge with Photinia Christmas Berry Red Robin, in the process of preparing the soil. Could you please advice me on the weather right now as it is hot and sunny.
Hi Aminah. The best time to plant a hedge is late winter as bare root if possible. If not container grown hedging again early spring so they can establish. I wouldn’t try abs plant a hedge in a heat wave or mid summer you’ll spend all of your time watering and fighting the heat. Hope that helps!! Worst case plant mid September and water well but don’t feed. You want to roots to establish and feeding will make your hedge plants lazy in year one when you want them to root. Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿
Great video bro! Easy to understand and backed by good knowledge and experience too -very helpful :-) I wondered, what is the make and model of your spade? I like that it has a good sized flat area for putting your foot on 🤓
Thanks Jason! Glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful. I think it’s an old spear and Jackson one. The labels no more!!! Maybe just Google square edge spades to get a selection. More guides to follow soon! Happy gardening. Lee
Thanks Lee. Great Video explaining all. I have some fence panels that have blown down in the recent storms. I have removed them and sawn off the posts to the ground (approx 5 posts). Unfortunately the posts are concreted into the ground with ALOT of concrete around them. I was wondering if there is a way of planting the hedge (Red Robin) without having to remove the posts? Thanks
Hi Charlie. Thanks for the kind words about my gardening video guides! The first thing I’d say is that Photinia (Red Robin) doesn’t make the best hedge. Why? Because they really hate exposure or won’t. They also tend to thin out at the bottom as they get older. So I’d choose another type of hedge plant. One that can be easily clipped and needs relatively low soil quality given the concrete. I’d recommend a heavy peat free compost mulch whilst they establish. They will need some depth of soil to establish so I’d at least dig out as much as you can. But I’d defo pick a robust and low fuss hedge! Have a look here for more examples. www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-lay-a-hedge/ 🥷🌿👌
Great video followed the instructions in February and my griselinia growing nicely.the plants are between 100-150cm now but a bit sparse,how should I prune ready for the autumn for continual growth as trying to get thick hedge 2m tall please?keep up the good work 👍
Hi Ali. I’d cut them back by upto half to thicken them up before the end of Autumn. Trust me you won’t regret it. You’ll lose some height but they will soon mesh together in spring next year as they put on their growth. Be bold be brave! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Hi Lee thanks for your great video very informative 1 question which you have probably said how do you work out how far apart to plant each plant
Hi Kevin it depends on the plant species. The RHS website has a planting guide for different species along with my blog guide on hedges. As a rule of thumb at least 30cm min or upto 75cm. You don’t want to crowd them but need them to mesh together. Hope that helps. Happy gardening.
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Great video. Do you have any video on how to prune baby plants to form a privacy hedge.
Dos and Donts
Here’s my comprehensive hedge clipping guide for hedge clipping and renovation. For a new hedge you want to cut the new plants back quite significantly to get them to mesh together. It all depends on the type of plant but letting any hedge grow taller and taller without clipping just leads to thinner more patchy hedges. Hope this helps you. Lee czcams.com/video/_Dc3B2I7bu4/video.html
I want some privet hedging along my fence. How far away from the fence should I plant them? Thanks
I like this video. :)
Thanks! 🙏🏻
Brilliant video thanks for posting, I’ve got around 400m of hedge to plant.....lucky me 😩
Hey Sebastian, Great to hear from you. Wow 400m, that's going to be good cardio! Good luck! Lee
Hi Lee, I’ve planted a 6ft privet hedge along my boundary and want it to get to a height of about 12ft should I trim just the sides or top as well as some sites say to leave the top until it reaches the desired height? Many thanks
Hi Rob. I’d still follow my pruning advice here. www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-prune-trim-and-clip-hedges-with-ease/ leaving it to get to 12 ft will lead to a spindly thin hedge. So you do still need to cut the tops off each season to keep it thick. Patience will reward you! 🥷🌿🤣
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Great video. i\ need to plant a hedge which will screen an ugly new development as well as a bit of a wind break, grow in chalky and flint soil. Any suggestions please. Pot, Bare root? Many thanks.
Hi Araxy. Good idea using a hedge for a screen and to help Mother Nature. Chalky soil you’ve got Alder, Beech or Laurel. Those should be fine. I’d always go for bare root. You should just have time now to get it in!! Watch my bare root guide for more tips. Happy hedging! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Thanks mate for the video I'm really inspired! what is the distance between the plants for griselinia?
I used 45cm for a faster dense hedge. However you could go to 60cm to save a bit on cost and wait a bit longer. Hope that helps. Lee
Cheers Lee. You've made my decision between a fence and hedge!
Question if I could...... I'm going for privet and getting 150/175cm tall plants. How far away from the base of a 2ft high wall should i plant them in order to let the roots have space?
Thanks
Wayne
Hi Wayne. I’d plant them at a minimum of 30cm away from the wall. Happy hedging! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Just found your channel, great tips and advice! I am thinking of buying some Photinia little red robin to create a low-ish hedge between two trees in the garden. Would the same advice apply to planting these? No compost? Just use the soil as is?
Hi Nathan, Thanks for the great feedback. Yes, the same would apply and Photinia is a beautiful shrub for some informal hedging. One word of advice though is they don't like exposed sites, so if it's windy it will always look battered and may not be the best. However, if its pretty sheltered it should be fine. Lee
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Great video, what spacing should they be on a long run like you planted
Hi Ian. Thanks for the comment. The spacing depends on the species. Minimum spacing for hedging is 30cm apart but can be upto 60cm dependant on plant species. Have a look here for more detail on hedging. Happy gardening. Lee www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-lay-a-hedge/
,,, I have a small farm, fenced with 300 m fence brc, I intend to plant a climbing plant to cover the fence, what do you suggest? I hope you give me a suitable solution, I am from Iraq ,, Greetings
Hi Lee,great instructions and im confident now about planting my hedge. I have clay soil,are there any differences when preparing the ground?any advice greatly appreciated.keep up the great work 👌
Hi Ali. Great to hear from you and glad the instructions are helpful! Clay soils very high in nutrition so I wouldn’t add any fertiliser or compost still. Just follow the guide as is as your heavy yet nutritious soil should be fine with most hedges. Happy planting! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Hi from NZ and thanks for this video! I am planning on planting camellia hedging along my existing backyard fence as per your video instructions. Just wondering what happens with grass growth under the plants? Do you just mow underneath or lots of mulch to suppress weeds and grass?
Hi Alt! Many thanks for your comment. You can strim under it. However once the hedges is established it should pretty much outgrow any grass immediately under it. Alternatively you can dig a border for the hedge and keep it edged. It’s a lot more work though! Happy gardening. Lee
@@Gardenninja Hi Lee, how long does it take for hedges to become established?
Impressive hedge and great video. I have possibly 80m of hedge to put in on a new property I'm looking at buying. Thing is I really want something that is easy to maintain afterwards. I'm looking for something that would offer screening at about 6ft tall, privacy as this is a back garden which backs onto a public road. It's the future maintenance that is the key. Oh and the local Planning Office said no to a fence at that height, hence the hedge option. I know this posting is a few years ago, could you do an update on the hedge as it look now please ? What would you recommend for a project of my size ? Thanks.
Thanks Big Bunny, I'll do a video update once the weather warms up a bit. The one I've planted, Griselinia, is now about 7ft tall super low fuss and evergreen. I clip it twice a year. You can probably see it in the background on a few of my videos if you want to check those out. Happy hedging! Lee
This is a great video, it really taught me a lot, want to come to Miami, Florida and plant my hedges?
I would if it wasn’t for lockdown! Wouldn’t mind a day or two on South Miami Beach! I was there a few years ago. Some gorgeous planting and gardens. Happy Gardening! Lee
Hi! Which season do you recommend planting hedging?
Ideally in the winter as bare roots. But you can plant container hedge plants any time the biggest issue is drought and keeping them watered whilst they establish. So bare that in mind along with increase costs. 🥷🌿👌
Do you have e an update on the hedge?
Hi Lee, I don't know if you will see this but how far from a 6ft high wall should a Native hedge row be?
Hi. At least 45 cm from the wall. For a nice thick hedge. Hope that helps! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
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Hi. Do I plant a cherry Laurel that are in pots the same way as your video? I’ve got 50 of them coming this week and I don’t want to kill them off by doing it wrong. They are around 40cm in height. Thanks, Shaun
Hi Shaun. Yes! Just follow the guide and you won’t go far wrong. Here’s more details too on my blog. www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-lay-a-hedge/ Happy planting! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
I have a similar fence and I would like to plant a Pyracantha 'Teton' (firethorn) hedge up to about 5-6 ft tall for privacy...But I'm not sure how far apart to plant them from the fence and from each other to make a nice full looking hedge...I tried looking online but I get vague information about it.
Hi Jay for Pyradantha go with 35-45 cm. they will take a while to get to that height as they are not the fastest growers but are a great deterrent for intruders!! Plant them the same distance from the fence as well as the width. Happy hedging! Lee 🥷🌿
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Hi Garden Ninja, I've just planted a griselinia hedge and followed your steps. Can you advise me as to whether I should feed the hedge now? And if so would chicken manure pellets be ok? Thank you for all your help so far!
Hi Columba. When planting a new hedge you don’t need to feed it initially. This is because you want it’s roots to search out water and nutrients. Rather than sit there comfortably. Obviously you need to keep a new hedge watered as it establishes. So focus on that and then feed the heat after (if it needs it!) I haven’t fed mine at all and it’s about 7ft tall now two years on! Happy Gardening. Lee
@@Gardenninja Thanks again for the advise!
What food is good for best hedge plants specially during spring and summer?
A compost mulch is usually best as it feed and retains moisture. If not a liquid feed of growmore during spring. You shouldn’t need to feed more than once a season with a hedge. They don’t need a huge amount of feed usually. It’s not like fruit or flowering plants. I use my home made compost applied as a mulch in early spring once a year. That’s it. If your hedge is growing really well I’d even consider knocking feed on the head every year or so. As you’ll just be clipping them even more and more if they are growing too fast!! Hope that helps. Lee
i need a hedge that is dog friendly and shallow roots as sewer is 8 to 10 foot below area the hedge would be kept under 2 metres does keeping it small mean the roots would be smaller what would you suggest
Hi Alan. Try a lavender hedge then. Low roots. Dog friendly. Easy to look after. To be honest very few hedge roots are going to go down 10ft! So you should be fine. 🥷🌿
@@Gardenninja i was thinking of western red cedar as want it to give privacy find it hard to find any where that explains roots as hedges only as a grown tree if its 6 foot tall would that mean that roots would just be in proportion to its size of it or would roots keep grown bigger
Lovely video! How long it took you to get done the rest of 299,and how many people. It would be so helpful
I did it myself. Took me a weekend to get them all in and watered. Ninja power! 💥
Is it normal for my laurel flowers to go brown and crispy? The leaves are healthy!
Hi. Yes once they have gone over they will crisp up and drop off. No drama there! If you have other gardening questions you can always use my online gardening forum here too! www.gardenninja.co.uk/forum/ Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿🤘
How do you save a dying hedge... any good tips...
Hi I planted 15 ficus hedge trees 10 days ago. 4 trees got brown leaves on top n lost most leaves. I am in California and temperature this week was 99 degrees n really dry. I am watering daily at night. Need some advice should I replace trees? How many times a week should I water n for how long? Any advice I will appreciate it!
Hi Jackie, It sounds like water stress which is causing the leaf drop and discolouration. It sounds like the Ficus are losing more moisture than they are taking up via the roots. In this extreme case I'd recommend watering twice a day morning and night. Using polyethene to cover the ground where the hedges are will also help keep moisture in ie a plastic mulch. Also spray the leaves at night with water once you have watered the base. This will help reduce water transpiration. Lee
Weed mat! Yes or no? Im about to lay mulch around my planted griselinia's but have conflicting views on whether to lay weed mat or not before mulching to minimise weeds. Any advice? Thank you
Hi. Personally I avoid weed matting. They still get through and you just end up covering your soil in yet more plastic. I’d mulch instead and then you can quickly whip out any new weeds! Hope that helps. Lee
@@Gardenninja Yes thank you so much. Most people seemed to be leaning that way but wernt experts so to say. Saves me a lot of mucking around.
At what distance did you space these? We planted our griselinia 2ft apart for one row as per RHS website, but these look much closer? Will ours still be ok at 2ft?
I planted these around 45cm apart. They’ve bushed together well. Yours will still be fine it will just take longer for them to mesh together. I had to keep rabbits out and also he’ll reduce exposure on my site. You can view the update on my channel which shows the hedge this year!! czcams.com/video/RaNWPE17sVU/video.html
@@Gardenninja thanks Lee, seen the video earlier of the hedge this year and I was shocked to see how big it has grown in just 3 years! Regret not planting mine closer but we got the dregs of last years stock in autumn and it’s a bit of a mix of Sizes, a few are a season ahead of other, just hope with time and careful pruning it all balances out in the end
Hiya, great video, thanks. I now live in coastal (soooo windy) rural Ireland and am planting into terribly wet clay soil and where I am was a soggy paddock and became a new build house and lawn. There is no topsoil and there are large stones below the ground. Could you possibly throw me some advice? I am thinking that I'll use two lines of defence - the first being a mixture of olearia, viburnum and aronia melanocarpa hedging on slightly raised mounds and then a second line of tough but prettier shrubs like cotoneaster, Philadelphus and lilac. Any suggestions would be very very welcome as I am going to be doing this arse about face (I've already planted some things that I'm going to have to move forward). I am a novice gardener in a new location. Sorry for the long post! TIA
Hi Lorraine, thanks for your comment. The dreaded new build ground horrors again eh. What I would say first off is the more you can do to remove rubble, debris and inert material the better. Whilst you can mound up, eventually, the roots will make their way into contact with some of that. Mounding up is ok but does mean the plants are more likely to suffer from wind rock and displacement as the mounds settle over time. My advice would be to spend some time removing as much rubbish as possible. Backfill with topsoil and a compost mix given how poor the soil is. In terms of your shrubs, the Viburnum and Aronia should be fine if the soil is free draining. They won't do much in clay. However, the Olearia is an Australian shrub needs full sun and again wont tolerate being waterlogged but is great for exposed conditions. So I'd fix the soil first rather than try and force these ones to grow in such wet poor soil conditions. With a hedge you want consistency. Either a mixed hedge that looks super natural or one species that looks formal. My concern would be adding all those species may look very 'pick and mix' either neither natural or formal. As a guide use the hedge as a foil and boundary then use your flowering shrubs and specimens in your borders. Hope that helps and good luck!
@@Gardenninja thanks so so much!
Hi I live opposite the beach and my wooden fence got blown down this year. I’m interested in planting a hedge in the original soil so need something that can handle exposed coastal weather . Something that is hardy and green all year around and would establish fairly well within 3 or 4 years. Any advice would be much appreciated. I just subscribed a I find your videos great. Thanks in advance.
Gary
Hi Gary, Why not try Rosa rugosa? Evergreen, bullet proof and loves salty exposed conditions! If you have more queries why not use the Garden Ninja forum where there are hundreds of other Ninjas to help! www.gardenninja.co.uk/forum/ Happy planting! 🥷🌿
@@Gardenninja hi Lee thank you I will take your advice and purchase Rosa. It sounds perfect for my location. Do I need to add new soil or just plant in the soil that is already here? And what months can I plant? Kind regards
Gary
Hi Garden Ninja - I'm getting ready to plant a 30 meter long hedge. I wanted to ask, should I "score" the root ball on these smaller bushes like I would with the tree roots?
Hi Piper. Good question!! Easy answer. If they’re root bound Ie all stuck in pots with loads of white roots going in circles around then yes that would be helpful. However if not I would just give them a light tease. It does depend on time and how many you have. If it was 100’s or meters I’d say spend more time on irrigation instead. Good luck with your wonderful new hedge! Lee 🥷🌿👌
@@Gardenninja Many thanks!
Really helpful. Thank you. Going to see if you have any update videos next to see what the hedge looks like now 🙂
Hi Daily Daughter. There will be an update soon to show the progress! So make sure you subscribe. Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿