GARDEN HEDGES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 144, 20 June 1931, Page 7 (Supplement)

GARDEN HEDGES

SUITABLE VARIETIES. Hedges in connection with the garden are both useful and ornamental, and may be planted for various purposes—either to form the boundary fence or to afford shelter from the winds or for screens, as well as foi dividing one portion of the garden from another, as well as adding to the priv acy of the grounds. Various shrubs arc utilised for the purpose. They must be chosen for the climate, soil, situation, «»r special requirements for which th' 1 hedge is intended. One variety may be better adapted to one situation than an other or the soil may be unsuitable, These considerations must be taken in to account before deciding what to plant. Mixed hedges, composed of different shrubs, form a pleasing change. Climbing and other suitable roses and •i few climbing plants, intermixed here ami there throughout, the hedgerow, render it attractive when the different sub jects are. in bloom, and tend to make it more impend ruble. Eor ornamental hedges for city and Mibu'biui garden.-, the following kinds can be recommended with conlidem-.-: •\bclia Floribunda: \n exceedingly ornamental compact growing ami profuse flowering hardy evergreen species of easy culture. Prune annually, after the flowering. Ono of the best. Escallonia ingramii: A very hardy evergreen species, with spikes of rose coloured blossoms. It clips well and ♦onus a dense, compact hedge. It sue coeds every where. Teeoma Capensis: A well known am! extremely beautiful ornamental evergreen hedge. It forms a dense compact

r brcakwiml. Throughout the autumn the 1 glossy green foliage is enlivened by brilliant orange-scarlet blossoms. Is unsuitable for districts that are subject '■ ’u severe frosts. Overpruuing prevents . the flowering and impairs the vitality '■ of the hedge. Two annual clippings are sufficient. Coprosma Baueri: The native “Tau- '• pata, ’’ an ideal hedge plant for the seaside and positions exposed to sea winds. » It has bright glossy-green leaves. It - forms a compact hedge and clips well. flicaria Forstcrii: The golden ako I ake, a very ornamental, close-growing •“ and extremely hardy evergreen hedge, - suitable for exposed positions and those ' near the sea. It is of quick, upright, ’ I close growth and clips well. I.onitoia Nitida: A new attractive II v\l’rgrcpii with small glossy leaves on - slender upright shoots. It promises to become an extremely popular garden • hedge of dense habit of growth. Uittosporum Crassifolium: The ‘ Karo,’ one of the best and hardiest of the I’ species, clips well and forms a dense hedge specially recommended for plant- •’ ing near the sen. One of the best, for exposed positions. 1 The distance to ]>lanr. any of the preceding- varieties ranges from 15in. to ISi ii. apart. In preparing tho strips for 1 planting, deeply dig or trench a. strip about 15in. wide, according- to the nal tine of (he soil.