Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 28, 2009 9:09 am Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Seen these trees that have been made into a large hedge in the area & was looking at doing the same along our back fence. Not sure what they are. From what I can recall, there has never been any flowers on them... could be wrong. Also would they be able to be trimmed to suit a narrower garden bed? Cheers, Mike. My Blog... http://ahouseonthehill.blogspot.com/ Re: Help with recognising a plant plz! 2Oct 28, 2009 10:12 am They look a bit like vibirnum tinus. I'm no plant expert but I am also looking for a hedging plant to block out a colourbond fence and my planting space is also narrow around 30cm. Maybe take the a sample leaf to a nursery and compare. Re: Help with recognising a plant plz! 3Oct 28, 2009 10:38 am chocoholic Maybe take the a sample leaf to a nursery and compare. Will definately do that. Thought I'd give the forum a go first. Thanks for the reply. Cheers, Mike. My Blog... http://ahouseonthehill.blogspot.com/ Re: Help with recognising a plant plz! 4Oct 28, 2009 11:23 am chocoholic They look a bit like vibirnum tinus. Yeah, could be. Bit lime green though, or maybe it's the camera. Viburnum has stinky though not long-lasting flowers but I guess if if it's pruned it doesn't get a chance to flower. Would need regular pruning to keep it to a narrow hedge. Re: Help with recognising a plant plz! 5Oct 28, 2009 5:07 pm Vibernum but not tinus It's Vibernum odoratisima (or odoratisimum as it is sometime put). A sport of it called "Emerald Lustre" that I am always banging on about. The parent plant, the sweet Vibernum smells like an old hot truck engine that hot oily smell. Very nice to look at and very very tough. The emerald lustre is not as tough but looks and smells a heap better The leaves on these vary a fair bit. Depends on what the conditions are like. Sometimes they can be really large glossy leaves, elsewhere or even down the road another may have smaller glossy leaves I thoroughly recommend growing these beautiful shrubs. I have two in my back yard Love 'em even though they are not western Australian . By the way, don't be concerned about flower. Not a feature of this sport. Re: Help with recognising a plant plz! 6Oct 30, 2009 7:20 am Once again Fu, love your work! They are a beautiful shrub. Definately doesn't smell like a diesel engine, luckily! Tell me, are they easily trimmed to a narrow hedge? The ones in the pic are roughly about 800mm deep, but our garden bed is a little narrower, about 600mm. Wouldn't think it'd be much of a difference. They are definately a hardy looking plant. Cheers, Mike. My Blog... http://ahouseonthehill.blogspot.com/ Re: Help with recognising a plant plz! 7Oct 30, 2009 2:16 pm What you ask is very easy I know because I have mine clipped to 400mm I could get a photo, in fact I will in a sec, the camera is right next to me, but don't hold your breath on a pic of it for while on here I have two and in between is a Hibiscus Fijian Pink or sometimes called Fiji Pink. They are a blended hedge and right now both are just on 12 months old, but I have super dooper soil It is producing growth that no amount of crap fertiliser would ever achieve. Nearly the hieght of the fence so by this time next year, We will be looking at a wall of lush green, not a colour bond fence 0 4703 Hi there, long-time lurker but first time posting. I've bought a house 2 and a bit years ago and last year we had some major water damage on a converted pergola area… 0 7931 Yes, unless you are in a low intensity rainfall area or the area is protected from rain. Do you have access to NCC Part 2 or can you download it? I can email you a copy… 10 12512 |