Lawson Cyress Hedge

Last post 31-03-2009 6:17 PM by bogweevil. 2 replies.

• 31/03/2009 02:32 PM

  Aquig123 Location: southern Scotland Joined on: 28 Mar 2009 Posts: 9

  Reply | Contact   Hi,   Have ordered 20 Lawson Cypress trees to hopefully make a hedge and windbreak. They are being delivered at a size of 35-40cm. The area I am trying to cover is a length of garden about 15 metres long and has a stone wall along it. Am hoping to have them quite compact together to make a barrier and so I can keep it really neat in future. So my question is, how far apart do I plant them and how far away from the wall? Should I dig a channel and plant them along it or should I just dig individual holes for each one? One of my concerns is saving myself from having to trim grass from around the bottom of them in future so would I be able to put bark down or something to keep the grass and weeds at bay? And any other advice would be much appreciated.   Many thanks.

• 31/03/2009 03:03 PM

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  Aquig123 Location: southern Scotland Joined on: 28 Mar 2009 Posts: 9

  Reply | Contact http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs022.snc1/2645_62964454772_679449772_1599097_2106573_n.jpg  OK, now that I have discovered how to add pics, here is a picture of the wall along which the Lawson Cypress will go.   http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs022.snc1/2645_62964454772_679449772_1599097_2106573_n.jpg   I know the garden is a mess but also we have inerited this and are trying over the course of the next year or so to make it into something nice :-)

• 31/03/2009 06:17 PM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,766	Reply | Contact One every 50cm should be fine - further apart they don't compete and get rather large and vigorous. If the trees in the background cast shade you might consider holly as being more shade tolerant.   Boggy    Beware the bat-eared bogweevil