Plants For Establishing a Hedge in Danboro Pa.

by E-NewsCast Team
April 20th, 2010

This article is designed to help Danboro Pa. residents selectplants and shrubs for hedges. Not all plants that are suitableare listed here but most common and easy to raise ones arelisted. Hedges are one of the major components of your landscape.Hedges define the limits of your landscape and thus should bethe starting point in your landscape design. Before selectingplants, you should carefully consider their landscaperequirements and the characteristics of the plants. For example,deciduous plants drop their leaves in the fall and are effectivescreens mainly during the growing season. Evergreens providegood screening all year. Gardeners considering a sheared, formalhedge should realize that they may need to be pruned (sheared)several times a year to remain attractive. In comparison, aninformal, natural hedge is relatively low maintenance. Selectshrubs that grow to the desired height. Planting a tall-maturingshrub where a short, informal hedge is desired creates work.Many landscaping problems are prevented by selecting the correctplanting material. Our plants are well suited for many hedge plantings. We sellmany types of plants and shrubs which can work well as a naturalprivacy boarder. Bare-root material is the most economical typeof nursery stock when planting a hedge. However, bare-rootplants are rather small. For the beginner, bare root is thehardest type of plant to grow out. Container-grown and balledand burlapped plants are larger, but are more expensive. Youwill have better luck with potted and B&B stock…The added costwill be worth it. Most B&B and potted stock can be plantedwhenever the ground is not frozen as long as you have theknowledge to help the plants along. Plant spacing is determined by the plant species and hedge type.Most plantings will range from a spacing of a foot or two to acouple of feet. Many people will plant the shrubs and fail toprune them back hard. Pruning generally will make the shrubsmore dense and compact. The following is a list of shrubs suitable for hedges that wesell: Amur maple Acer ginnala 15 to 18 feet natural BarberriesBerberis species 1 to 5 feet natural or sheared Boxwood Species2 to 4 feet natural or sheared Redosier dogwood (D) Cornussericea 8 to 10 feet natural Burning bush (D) Euonymus alatus 6to 15 feet natural Junipers (E) 8 to 15 feet natural Beautybush(D) Kolkwitzia amabilis 8 to 10 feet natural Spirea VanHoutte(D) 6 to 8 feet natural Lilacs (D) 4 to 15 feet natural Yews (E)Taxus species 2 to 10 feet natural or sheared Arborvitae (E) 3to 15+ feet natural or sheared Arrowwood viburnum (D) Viburnumdentatum 6 to 8 feet natural American Cranberry (D) 8 to 12 feetnatural When you visit Highland Hill Farm at 5275 W Swamp Rd. (rt. 313)Fountainville Pa. we will be happy to show you these plants. Youcan also go to our web site http://www.seedlingsrus.com

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