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We are planting a hedge this winter along the boundary of our garden. We have 26m to fill and I would like this to be good for birds, bees and other wildlife and cooking/eating. I am looking at hazel, crab apple, hawthorn, Blackthorn, dog rose, sweet briar, rosa rugosa, bird cherry. Would like plums, either cherry plum or wild plum but not sure which would be best. Also thinking about wild pear too? We are also planting an apple tree and green gage tree nearby so want the crab apple and plum for pollination.
We are going to keep it at about 1-1.5m tall for now. Any recommendations and advice on this, also maybe planting/pruning advide too please.
Hi Clare, I found this bit of info on the Yew Tree and hedging and it's inhabitants and foragers ! Surprised me too at how much benefit to wildlife it offers.
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Regards, Hazel
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Cin J
Germain said:Please be cautious about using yew if the hedge is accessible to livestock, especially cattle or equines as it's highly toxic to them.
That's one of the few things I already knew about yew. I'm planning to chat to the dog owners either side of me, though.