We planted a thuja hedge last September. Until now, it looked really healthy. However, more and more plants are turning brown over time. The brown plants are very easy to pull out. It seems like the roots haven’t taken hold at all. What could be the reason for this? Especially since the plants were previously quite green and had grown well.
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motorradsilke28 Jun 2021 08:16rick2018 schrieb:
Exactly, yew is such a great alternative.Unfortunately not for the reasons mentioned, unless you want to wait many years for privacy screening or happen to have a few thousand euros available.M
motorradsilke28 Jun 2021 08:17Myrna_Loy schrieb:
Yews? Cemetery plants and toxic in all parts from wood and needles to berries. Hedges aren’t meant to be eaten either 😉
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motorradsilke28 Jun 2021 08:19hampshire schrieb:
These two plant species offer little nutritional value or habitat for native insects and birds. Considering the massive decline in insect populations over the years, this choice is unfortunate. Therefore, alternatives are being recommended. However, there are no acceptable evergreen alternatives.
In my opinion, the alternative is to use thuja as a hedge and to include flowers and shrubs in the garden for insects.
hampshire schrieb:
These two plant species offer little nutritional value or habitat for native insects and birds. Considering the massive decline in insect populations over recent years, this choice is unfortunate. Therefore, alternatives are being recommended....when I look at my mother-in-law’s 40-year-old thuja and see all the creatures living in and around it, I just have to ask, quite naively: REALLYY??? 😉 :p
But I understand the point. That said, I would say that cherry laurel and thuja are better than 40-meter (130 feet) stone gabions or double-wire mesh fences with woven privacy screens.
But everyone has to decide for themselves.
And whether it’s a cemetery plant or not... that’s a matter of personal taste. Around here, cemeteries are lined with stone walls or hornbeam hedges. :p
Schimi179128 Jun 2021 08:33motorradsilke schrieb:
There are simply no acceptable evergreen alternatives.
In my opinion, the alternative is to use Thuja as a hedge and additionally plant flowers and shrubs in the garden to support insects. So far, we have cut down two of them in our garden. They just became too large.
In autumn – or at the latest when we install a patio roof – probably a few more will follow, which currently serve as a privacy screen from the neighbor (or are supposed to). These were planted by the previous owners of our house too close to the property line and are now also too wide. They extend almost half a meter (about 20 inches) over the fence onto the neighbor’s side.
This hedge is also used as a resting place by many birds, and currently there are nests there as well. That’s why we are reluctant to remove it.
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motorradsilke28 Jun 2021 08:39Schimi1791 schrieb:
So far, we have removed two of them from our garden. They simply got too large. In the fall—or at the latest when we install a patio roof—probably a few more will follow, as they currently serve (or are supposed to serve) as a privacy screen to the neighbor. These were planted by the previous owners too close to the property boundary and have now become too wide. They almost extend half a meter (about 1.5 feet) through the fence onto the neighbor’s side.
This hedge is also used by many birds as a resting place, and currently, birds are nesting there. So we are actually reluctant to remove it. What does the neighbor say? Does it bother them, or are they happy about the evergreen hedge?
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