{"id":19234,"date":"2018-04-05T19:12:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T18:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19234"},"modified":"2018-04-05T19:12:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T18:12:17","slug":"new-and-urban-hedge-rows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/new-and-urban-hedge-rows\/","title":{"rendered":"New and Urban Hedge Rows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hedge your bets and start a hedge fund and do not hedge around!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/tricolour-hedge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327\" title=\"tricolour-hedge\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/tricolour-hedge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/tricolour-hedge.jpg 2179w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/tricolour-hedge-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t my favourite hedge spotted on a walk to Menston railway station but it hints at what can be achieved. I would now opt for a <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/easy-edible-hedge\/\">fruitful hedge<\/a> to feed me and the birds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The blending of green, grey and red foliage has produced a singular hedge.<\/li>\n<li>Mixed colours work best if kept formal, neat and tidy<\/li>\n<li>Do not allow one type of plant dominate another, these all seem to be in proportion but vigorous growers will need more trimming<\/li>\n<li>Different shaped foliage could also be blended in a mixed hedge<\/li>\n<li>The stone wall provides some relief from the base of the hedge<\/li>\n<li>Train lower branches into gaps. remove extraneous plants like the Choysia on the left<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Plant A Hedge<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Plant a bare root hedge in winter between November and March.<\/li>\n<li>Buy 2 0r 3 year old plants in bundles. If you can&#8217;t plant them at once heel them into a trench.<\/li>\n<li>Protect plants with a plastic bag whilst they are out of the ground.<\/li>\n<li>Clear the ground of perennial weeds and keep it clear by hoeing.<\/li>\n<li>Dig a trench 18&#8243; wide for a single row of plants. Loosen the soil at the bottom of the trench and add slow release fertiliser like bone meal.<\/li>\n<li>It isn&#8217;t necessary to add organic matter except perhaps as a mulch after planting.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle any fungi treatment directly onto the bare roots before planting.<\/li>\n<li>Water the hedge for the first year but then leave it to it&#8217;s own devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hedge your bets and start a hedge fund and do not hedge around! This isn&#8217;t my favourite hedge spotted on a walk to Menston railway station but it hints at what can be achieved. I would now opt for a fruitful hedge to feed me and the birds. The blending of green, grey and red foliage has produced a singular hedge. Mixed colours work best if kept formal, neat and tidy Do not allow one type of plant dominate another,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/new-and-urban-hedge-rows\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19236,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19234\/revisions\/19236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}