Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Hedges 2Jul 04, 2009 8:26 am How small is 'smallish'? And how many hours sun? does it receive filtered sun throughout the day? There are many very tough hedging plants, but one of the toughest is the Murraya. It will handle only a small amount of sunlight. Re: Hedges 3Jul 04, 2009 11:47 am Well, Murraya would be too large. It's actually for my mother's small gardens, she has not been there very long and at this stage it doesn't appear to get much sun. So many trees and parts of buildings that block the sun out. I was thinking buxus, but was not sure how much sun it needs. For now we might just plant some lebelias as an edgeing Sharon..... frustrated interior decorator, I have always wanted to do this for a living.. Re: Hedges 5Jul 04, 2009 1:20 pm There is also a dwarf variety of the murraya that would work, and yes buxus will grow in part shade, go for the japanese over the english box it has a much nicer form. Re: Hedges 7Jul 04, 2009 5:27 pm Sorry Macy, I would say no more than 40cm high and about 25cm wide. Thats small I know. I have never seen the dwarf murraya, the Korean box sounds nice also. Sharon..... frustrated interior decorator, I have always wanted to do this for a living.. Re: Hedges 8Jul 04, 2009 6:50 pm Okay, this is what we've used where we wanted something about that height. It's really hard to get something exact so in some places we've gone for something smaller and in others we know we'll have to do regular pruning. With your even more limited width you'll definitely need to prune unless you go for something quite small or you happen to find something with a small columnar habit. Euonymus Tom Thumb - similar to buxus Pittosporum Golf Ball - lighter green than buxus and euonymus Nandina Nana - reddish foliage, very hardy, just cut it right back to rejuvenate it Dianella Little Rev - upright strappy foliage Miniature Liriope - grassy appearance with flowers, there are a few green ones with various flower colours and also a variegated one with purple flowers We don't have any buxus (we used the euonymus for a formal hedge) but I've heard something about some varieties having an unpleasant smell. Maybe someone else can advise? Re: Hedges 9Jul 04, 2009 7:45 pm The mini murraya is called ''Min a Min''. Very cute and compact. I like it. You can keep the standard Murraya to a smaller size you just need to keep it trimmed. I have a tiny hedge of Korean box and it does well in shade. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Hedges 11Jul 08, 2009 8:45 pm Planted some hedgemaster lilly pillies today, perhaps this would appeal to you. They grow to 1m and tolerate shade. Re: Hedges 12Jul 09, 2009 12:05 pm Peaceful Landscapes Planted some hedgemaster lilly pillies today, perhaps this would appeal to you. They grow to 1m and tolerate shade. Thanks for that, another one for me to think about Sharon..... frustrated interior decorator, I have always wanted to do this for a living.. Re: Hedges 13Jul 09, 2009 3:51 pm Have a squiz at Australian plants as well. I often say it but Correas make excellent formal hedges, as do westringeas (native rosemary) Dwarf Gold diosmas too Leucophyta Brownii nana Silver Nugget is another but that might need more sun. Correas definitely. Re: Hedges 14Jul 09, 2009 5:01 pm Fu Manchu Have a squiz at Australian plants as well. I often say it but Correas make excellent formal hedges, as do westringeas (native rosemary) Dwarf Gold diosmas too Leucophyta Brownii nana Silver Nugget is another but that might need more sun. Correas definitely. I was wondering about diosma, but as you say, maybe more sun.. Thanks Sharon..... frustrated interior decorator, I have always wanted to do this for a living.. Re: Hedges 15Jul 09, 2009 10:32 pm They aren't Aussie plants though Diosmas will grow in shade and they go greener they just need lots of clipping. But so will any hedge at first. |