HAWTHORN HEDGE?

BIG ZOOK · « **on:** March 12, 2009, 18:59 »

Just finised ,planting 800 of the * around the perimeter of my plot

.Planted as a staggered double row to fill in the gaps in the current hedge .However some of these bareroot whips are 3ft+ tall

.Do i leave them as they are ? or prune them down to about 18" to encourage a thicker hedge?. cheers all.

LeadFarmer · « **Reply #1 on:** March 12, 2009, 22:26 »

I remember watching Alan Titchmarsh on Gardeners World plant a native hedge using similar sized whips.

Once planted he cut off the top third to encourage thickness.

Rangerkris · « **Reply #2 on:** March 13, 2009, 05:34 »

I would leave them a year befor cutting the tops out i think.

BIG ZOOK · « **Reply #3 on:** March 13, 2009, 20:11 »

Thank`s all .I have started a little experiment

.I have left 33% of them standard.33% reduced by a third and 34%reduced by 50%

.so `ill report back at a later date.

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