Re: Maritime Mini-Hedges

I know some people hate this plant but in New Zealand I saw a very formal
hedge, short cut,  of Corokia,  surrounding pale pink old fashioned roses
and it looked great

Tim Longville wrote:

> Re Alessandra's friend's friend's problem! and her own
> suggestions/questions:
>
> Teucrium fruticans scorches and gets cut back quite badly with salt. I
> wouldn't recommend it myself. Also it isn't a very good shape for a
> hedge, wanting to sprawl and spread more than stand up straight.
> Griselinia too big, surely? You'd spend your life clipping it to size.
> Atriplex halimus would certainly be possible in terms of
> size/hardiness though I've no experience of it as - and have never
> even seen it used as - a hedge. Does it stand clipping?
> One thing Alessandra didn't mention is Santolina. Absolutely salt-wind
> resistant here in an exposed position where it regularly gets 100+mph
> salt-laden gales. No damage at all. And individual plants have
> survived in that position for 10+ years. All it needs is a haircut in
> autumn and it quite naturally makes a hedge somewhere around a metre
> tall. I mean the greyer sp rather than the greener one. Sorry - I
> forget the name and am too idle/rushed to look it up. That would be my
> own vote from my own experience.
>
> It sounds like rather a fun thing to have to plan, if the
> archaeologists can be made to see sense...
>
> Tim
> Tim Longville

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