ᐅ Natural-style garden with hedge instead of fence (boundary hedge instead of fence)
Created on: 14 Apr 2019 17:52
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I still owe you some garden photos...
As I’ve mentioned a few times before, we’re getting an “eco garden.”
After the excavation spoil from both halves of the house, which was just lying around here, was finally removed in September, nothing happened for a while.
At the end of March, it looked like this
Then I planted the hedge (with the gardeners).
On the outside there is a lot of hawthorn, then 2 holly bushes (we’ll see if they don’t dry out too much in summer), 2 firethorns, a witch hazel, a butterfly bush, 2 copper mountain ashes, spireas, a viburnum, and a mock orange. Up front, separately, a maple.
Eventually, there will be a rose arch with a gate at the end of the path.
The lawn is growing rather slowly; it’s just too cold right now.
In the raised bed there are herbs and a few flowers, and in the mulched bed only blue/white/pink flowers will bloom. A privet hedge will be planted along the border this week. Luckily, I was able to convince our neighbors not to go for anything like thuja or cherry laurel or anything similarly horrible. (Actually, it was pretty simple: I would have refused to plant that stuff in our garden. That would have meant installing a fence, and they would have had to pay for the hedge themselves.)
If you don’t prune privet to a blocky shape, it flowers beautifully.
Here’s a lilac; over Easter, vegetables will go into the raised bed, and on the right side towards the neighbors there will be a large bed in orange/yellow/red.
Yes.
Eventually, there will be an apple tree, once we find a tasty variety that the child isn’t allergic to.
I’d also like to add some kind of water feature, but we’ll see how that works without a fence with so many children around. Probably not at all.
We’ll see how it all turns out, but a gardener needs patience.
And here we’ll have the only nature-friendly garden; all around us there are golf-course lawns, gabions, dull uniform beech hedges, and hardly any flower beds.
As I’ve mentioned a few times before, we’re getting an “eco garden.”
After the excavation spoil from both halves of the house, which was just lying around here, was finally removed in September, nothing happened for a while.
At the end of March, it looked like this
Then I planted the hedge (with the gardeners).
On the outside there is a lot of hawthorn, then 2 holly bushes (we’ll see if they don’t dry out too much in summer), 2 firethorns, a witch hazel, a butterfly bush, 2 copper mountain ashes, spireas, a viburnum, and a mock orange. Up front, separately, a maple.
Eventually, there will be a rose arch with a gate at the end of the path.
The lawn is growing rather slowly; it’s just too cold right now.
In the raised bed there are herbs and a few flowers, and in the mulched bed only blue/white/pink flowers will bloom. A privet hedge will be planted along the border this week. Luckily, I was able to convince our neighbors not to go for anything like thuja or cherry laurel or anything similarly horrible. (Actually, it was pretty simple: I would have refused to plant that stuff in our garden. That would have meant installing a fence, and they would have had to pay for the hedge themselves.)
If you don’t prune privet to a blocky shape, it flowers beautifully.
Here’s a lilac; over Easter, vegetables will go into the raised bed, and on the right side towards the neighbors there will be a large bed in orange/yellow/red.
Yes.
Eventually, there will be an apple tree, once we find a tasty variety that the child isn’t allergic to.
I’d also like to add some kind of water feature, but we’ll see how that works without a fence with so many children around. Probably not at all.
We’ll see how it all turns out, but a gardener needs patience.
And here we’ll have the only nature-friendly garden; all around us there are golf-course lawns, gabions, dull uniform beech hedges, and hardly any flower beds.
The linden tree that stood by the roadside next to our house unfortunately had to be cut down two years ago because it was diseased. I still find that a shame; it was a great tree.
In the garden, we have a walnut tree. It is about 15 meters (50 feet) tall. I love it. So do the neighbors: without this tree, they wouldn’t have any shaded spots on their property in the summer. (The squirrels love the tree as well—and last year they bothered my mother-in-law. She had placed the nuts in crates inside the greenhouse to dry, and the squirrels happily helped themselves from the crates instead of gathering their own.)
In the garden, we have a walnut tree. It is about 15 meters (50 feet) tall. I love it. So do the neighbors: without this tree, they wouldn’t have any shaded spots on their property in the summer. (The squirrels love the tree as well—and last year they bothered my mother-in-law. She had placed the nuts in crates inside the greenhouse to dry, and the squirrels happily helped themselves from the crates instead of gathering their own.)
Winniefred17 Apr 2019 11:41I would definitely choose a native deciduous tree. There are several species that can be supported this way. However, it takes a very long time either way before you really have a tree by the house that provides a nice place to sit under.
We currently have a very old cherry tree as our "house tree," but unfortunately it is located in the side front yard rather than the backyard where you would sit. In the backyard, there are several fruit trees, but they provide very little shade and it’s not comfortable to sit beneath them. Our neighbors have various fir and conifer trees, a huge sweet cherry, and an enormous thuja (each as tall as our two-story house)...unfortunately none of these give us any shade because our house is situated very far south. I have been thinking for a long time about what else could be planted there. At the moment, I am leaning towards a linden tree, but I haven’t decided on the variety yet. You definitely need to consider how much space you have, since most deciduous trees grow very large. For example, our garden is big but quite narrow in the back. It’s not that simple.
We currently have a very old cherry tree as our "house tree," but unfortunately it is located in the side front yard rather than the backyard where you would sit. In the backyard, there are several fruit trees, but they provide very little shade and it’s not comfortable to sit beneath them. Our neighbors have various fir and conifer trees, a huge sweet cherry, and an enormous thuja (each as tall as our two-story house)...unfortunately none of these give us any shade because our house is situated very far south. I have been thinking for a long time about what else could be planted there. At the moment, I am leaning towards a linden tree, but I haven’t decided on the variety yet. You definitely need to consider how much space you have, since most deciduous trees grow very large. For example, our garden is big but quite narrow in the back. It’s not that simple.
In front of the house, we have a beautiful apple tree. It’s quite large and well grown – perfect for a bench underneath. You just have to be careful once the apples start to get bigger. I’ve already gotten a few bruises from them. Although a walnut can be pretty painful as well. Cherries are definitely much more pleasant in that regard.
Winniefred schrieb:
I’ve also been thinking for a long time about what else could be planted there. My husband grew alders from seeds (planted three together in a group). They are now three years old and already over 3m (10 feet) tall. It’s amazing how fast they grow. I also planted a summer lime (linden), beeches, walnut tree, oak, and cherry tree. None of them stand a chance against the alders. So if you’re looking for something that provides shade relatively quickly...
Winniefred17 Apr 2019 18:32Alder is not an option for me. They require quite a lot of water and don’t live very long. I also find them not very attractive visually.
With lindens, I particularly appreciate that they are beneficial to bees during their flowering period.
With lindens, I particularly appreciate that they are beneficial to bees during their flowering period.
Winniefred schrieb:
Alder is out for me. They need quite a lot of water and don’t live very long. I used to think the same about water. That’s a misconception. People often think that because alder trees are among the few that can stand with their roots in water without dying. But they don’t actually need that for healthy growth. These trees live for about 120 years. How old were you hoping they would get?
Winniefred schrieb:
I also don’t find them very attractive visually. That’s certainly a valid reason.
Winniefred schrieb:
With lime trees, I particularly like that they are also helpful to bees during their flowering period. Yes, lime (linden) is definitely one of the most beautiful trees. We had one at our terraced house. I used to give it a little extra flood every week by draining my aquariums there. It grew really well with that. So if you bury a drip irrigation line right away, you’ll get some shade faster.
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