HEDGE PLANTS

Evening Star, Issue 21992, 30 March 1935, Page 3

HEDGE PLANTS

April is the month when all hard wooded plants may bo planted, and those who intend to plant a new fence will be wondering, no doubt, what is the most suitable to plant in this district. Those who intend to plant should prepare the soil at once. The ground should be well dug. Make sure that the drainage is right, as often shrubs are planted to form a fence, and if we get a wet winter and the water cannot get away the plants either get a check or a number of them die out, and the fence becomes unsightly for a time. The following varieties make lovely fences, and are very quick growing and clean from disease Lqnicera Nitida: Compact habit, and boxlike green foliage; grows very fast ; is very hardy, and will stand salt spray. Privet (Ligustrum sinensis) : Large leaf; very quick growing j stands cutting hard, and succeeds m almost ail situations and soil. Escallonia: White flower. Very fast growing, forming in two or three years a splendid fence. Euonymus is another shrub that makes an ideal fence. It is not as quick in growing as those mentioned, but is very hardy and sturdy. It is a very fine shrub for a break-wind. For those that require a quick fence, Eurybia, an evergreen shrub with white flowers, very close growing, and ornamental, is suitable for this purpose. I have not mentioned the Olearia fosterii for the reason that this shrub is generally affected with that very disfiguring pest, the midge fly.