Topic: Hedging

[Ding Dang Doo]

Having a rather boggy plot end I wanted to put in  some hedging as a natural windbreak.  Is privet hedging ok in these conditions as I can get some from a friend who is ripping theirs up in the next week!  I would welcome any help ... Cheers :D

[thifasmom]

not sure about privet, but willow likes boggy soil.

[saddad]

Privet won't like standing in water...  :-\

[flossy]

   Ooooh  --   Privet can grow into near trees if not cut throughout the growing season ,
   love the smell of the flowers though.    ::)

   What access will you have to your hedge  , you may have to  prune or trim -  a lot !

   Think about a shrub that may give you fruit or flowers ?     A willow fence that would take
   a vine ---   you can work on the drainage aspect or grow in containers.    ;)

   Pst ...  forget the privet !    :D

   Floss x

[ipt8]

I think privet will be fine so long as it is not actually flooded and standing in inches of water for part of the year.
I also like the smell of privet when it flowers, I grow a couple and leave them untrimmed except for any branches that get in the way.`

[ceres]

Ugh, not privet!  Willow would like tha damp.  You could do a fedge.  This is a newly planted one around our composting toilet.

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[robbo]

I wouldn't recommend privets, they seem to leach all the goodness out of the soil for miles around.

  Robbo.

[Hyacinth]

I love privet :-[, particularly the golden privet & have propogated twigs which now grow here and there as untrimmed shrubs - lovely golden blaze all through the year. We're on heavy clay soil and part of the garden is v. boggy....it grows well. Only needs cutting twice a year, so no hardship there.

If I'd got a plot to hedge and it was free, I'd go for it, give it a try anyway. Nothing to lose and you could always rip out parts & replant to create a mixed hedge later, if you wanted?

Birds love it too 8)

[Ding Dang Doo]

Oh right ... I didn't know about them not liking the water though.  :-\ Will have to rethink then.   :-*Thank you all for your help.  ;) The soil isn't boggy just there seems a lot of surface water due to the amount of clay in the soil.  The apple tree and pear tree I planted are doing ok in the clay :).  Thank you all again though ... maybe no to the privet then.  :D

[Hyacinth]

I'd still say YES to the privet....it's FREE, it'll grow, it's disposable in the future if you want...seems like a bargain to me 8)...there again, I DO like privet.. :D