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  1. Cathy H

    Help with native hedging

    Hi Dizzy, Yes there are loads of walks nearby, although exercise and me don't mix very well - I'm quite lazy in that way. The arrochar alps are nearby, and of course there's 'the rest and be thankful', not to mention flatter walks around the bottom of the hills. Did I mention one of my other...
  2. Cathy H

    Help with native hedging

    My rowan is just a 4ft twig too, although there is the faintest sign of a bud appearing at the moment! I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you jealous, I thought you knew about it! One thing is for sure, it's unlikely we'll ever run out of water, it's never dried up since we've been here, and...
  3. Cathy H

    Help with native hedging

    Hi Dizzy, Ssshhhh don't tell anyone but we had to remove a tree so we had space to fit in the pond without tree cover. Having said that, in my defence we've planted loads of trees since we moved in so that should balance things out - she says hopefully. Rowan, beech, hawthorn, hornbeam, hazel...
  4. Cathy H

    Help with native hedging

    Hi dizzy, love the avatar, You seem to be well sorted out now. Funnily enough I've recently bought a rowan tree for the garden so great minds think alike eh?!! My project for this year is to build a garden pond. We've removed the turf and have got to the digging stage. Problem is that it won't...
  5. Cathy H

    Help with native hedging

    Hi Dizzy, The trouble with fast growing trees is (correct me if I'm wrong) they would probably be quite large in size, such as the dreaded Leylandii. You can get alot of trees now grafted onto a dwarf rootstock, so that might be the answer for you, but as to what's available, I don't know. (o)<
  6. Cathy H

    Help with native hedging

    You could also add crab apple to that list. I've been reading some of the other threads, and on the BBc gardening section they talk about a malus that keeps it's fruit into the winter. The fruits are yellow and apparently, according to at least one person on the thread, the birds love'em. If...
  7. Cathy H

    Help with native hedging

    Hi Dizzy, We had the idea 2 years ago to plant a wildlife friendly hedge on the boundary of our garden. We used hawthorn, hornbeam and beech. There are already a number of trees there, so we are just filling in the gaps. We planted for wildlife as I said, but also for a bit of privacy as that...
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