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
not sure about privet, but willow likes boggy soil.
Privet won't like standing in water... :-\
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
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.`
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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I wouldn't recommend privets, they seem to leach all the goodness out of the soil for miles around.
Robbo.
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)
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
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