Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Topiary, Pleaching, Espalier and Hedging 21Aug 04, 2009 11:53 pm The ones pictured have grown to that in around 5 years I'm pretty sure. It may even be less than that Re: Topiary, Pleaching, Espalier and Hedging 22Jun 13, 2011 9:36 pm A stilt hedge is not quite the same as a pleached hedge is it. Look are ficus ok for stilt hedging or not. They look great, thick glossy leaves, nice white clean trunk, grow tall. Are the roots going to lift up the row behind the fence like all the books say they do? Why do the councils use them as street trees everywhere if they have the most aggressive roots. please educate on other suggestions that have a similar look. Cheers Re: Topiary, Pleaching, Espalier and Hedging 23Jun 15, 2011 12:38 am The techniques are much the same. Not sure why all the questions about ficus? Just don't bother with them. The risks far outweigh any possible benefits. Re: Topiary, Pleaching, Espalier and Hedging 25Jun 15, 2011 9:15 pm McKinnon Because all the top landscape designers use them and they look far better than other options. I don't like lilly pilly, could use pyrus except it's deciduous. Ficus are perfect for Hedging and Pleaching because you are controlling them by clipping. You will find that the root system will never go beyond the drip line so you never have a problem. The myths about root invasion are put out by xperts: who like to be dramatic and suck people in!In one of our houses that we lived in we had four Moreton Bay Figs and never had problems because they were Topiarised. Topiarius Re: Topiary, Pleaching, Espalier and Hedging 27Jun 17, 2011 4:24 pm Sorry Topiarius but to me I can't disagree more. Re: Topiary, Pleaching, Espalier and Hedging 28Aug 17, 2013 8:29 pm I'd like some suggestions for good trees to use for pleaching in pots. The aim is to achieve approximately 2.5m in height. This is the site below. My block is 12.5m wide and the rear fence is 1.8m. I'm planning to plant cordylines and other grasses in front of the trees. The rear of the house will face NNW (just west of North). The property is located in the Hills District of Sydney so gets summers 40+ and winter night-time temperatures down as low as -2 degrees. I'm planning my landscaping whilst twiddling thumbs waiting for council approval. Viewing from above, the position of the rear fence in relation to the house is shown below: (clothesline will actually be against the side fence and not a rotary clothesline as shown) The challenge that I have is that I have a 1.5m wide stormwater easement. I understand that means I can't plant screening trees in the ground. That means the trees will need to be in pots. Aim is for 5 trees, each with a canopy approximately 2m wide. The questions I have are: 1. What evergreen or semi-deciduous trees do you recommend? (something not too messy in terms of dropped flowers) 2. What is the minimum recommended depth and height of the pots? 3. Is 0.75m from fence to tree trunk sufficient? ( as you can see I will have a small yard) 4. How long for trees to reach say 1.8m in height? (Assuming a 600mm height pot, that would give me 0.6m of screening above the fence line ) Along the 4-5m of side fence on each side, I could put bamboo (carefully) in tubs. Much like this - what Bamboo would be used here?: (last image is from http://www.secretgardens.com.au/landscape-design/planting-for-privacy-part-2/) Build thread: here Land Nov 12, Contract 6/07/13, Consent 15/08/13, Start 20/09/13, Slab 25/09/13, Frame 4/10/13, Brick 21/10/13, Roof 2/11/13, Lock-up 17/12/13, Handover 3/3/14 I recently went through a similar renovation and move scenario when updating our family home. We also swapped some rooms around and tackled a major… 2 10030 OK it's been a little while! I've been busy getting time where I can to work on this. I started by grading a pad (borrowing a… 26 20316 Unless the room is for storage then it's non compliant BCA V2 2019 S3 P3.8 You have 2 options 1. The builder deconstructs the section and rebuilds as per plan /… 7 10682 |