bushes

[paulinems]

We have to put a hedge around our land any idear how fat apart for say some horthorn bushes please
pauline

[paulinems]

[ACE]

Single row planting  18" apart

double row hedging 18" apart   15" between rows

staggered (zig zag)

I would recommend  double row planting even if you use more mature plants in one row and slips in the other.

When the time comes to shape them properly a double row can be layed over more easily making the hedge stockproof.

[paulinems]

Thank you Ace for the info will do double row think, even will need a lot off bushes any idear places to get wholesale,have a far lenth to cover
Pauline

[Palustris]

Look in the back pages of Garden News or Gardener's World, there are a large number of firms supplying bare root hedging plants of all descriptions and sizes.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Double rows give a thicker hedge. Don't make the common mistake of just letting them grow up. Take time over it, and cut them back hard every year, starting with first planting. This will force them to branch out low down, which is what you need for a thick hedge.