I am in need of some semi mature trees to enable me to have some privacy in
my own garden from over the back where the neighbour has removed approx 4
trees fo an extension, now Im all exposed to the street. they need to span 6
meters at a minimum height of 4 m. If I cant buy any suitable ones then I
will have to pull some up from the local woods like a neighbour has done but
I would rather not damage any in doing so.

any help appreciated.

thanks

Sawney Bean

sawney bean wrote:
I am in need of some semi mature trees to enable me to have some
privacy in my own garden from over the back where the neighbour has
removed approx 4 trees fo an extension, now Im all exposed to the
street. they need to span 6 meters at a minimum height of 4 m. If I
cant buy any suitable ones then I will have to pull some up from
the
local woods like a neighbour has done but I would rather not damage
any in doing so.

Gosh! I hope you won't do that: illegal, but more importantly,
antisocial. You can buy trees of pretty well any size as long as
you're ready to pay a fair price -- it costs money to produce even a
medium-sized tree, which is one of the reasons one shouldn't steal
them.

Tell us roughly where you are, and we can probably recommend good
nurseries within range.

--
Mike.

"sawney bean" wrote in message
. uk...
I am in need of some semi mature trees to enable me to have some privacy in
my own garden from over the back where the neighbour has removed approx 4
trees fo an extension, now Im all exposed to the street. they need to span
6 meters at a minimum height of 4 m. If I cant buy any suitable ones then I
will have to pull some up from the local woods like a neighbour has done
but I would rather not damage any in doing so.

any help appreciated.

thanks

Sawney Bean
If you can give a little more information it would be a great help.
Where are you and what sort of trees are you contemplating stealing.?

In article , "Rupert" wrote:

"sawney bean" wrote in message
. uk...
I am in need of some semi mature trees to enable me to have some privacy in
my own garden from over the back where the neighbour has removed approx 4
trees fo an extension, now Im all exposed to the street. they need to span
6 meters at a minimum height of 4 m. If I cant buy any suitable ones then I
will have to pull some up from the local woods like a neighbour has done
but I would rather not damage any in doing so.

any help appreciated.

thanks

Sawney Bean
If you can give a little more information it would be a great help.
Where are you and what sort of trees are you contemplating stealing.?

It wouldn't be a sea cave in Galloway that you're trying to conceal
would it?

http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/l...wney_bean.html

Hi, more info is needed, let any body know where you are then we can
help. Steve.

I am near Birmingham and need some instant cover up to a height of 4m and
enough trees to cover a span of 6 m. Evergreens are best for me

cheers




"landscapeadvice" wrote in message
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Hi, more info is needed, let any body know where you are then we can
help. Steve.

sawney bean wrote:
I am near Birmingham and need some instant cover up to a height of 4m and
enough trees to cover a span of 6 m. Evergreens are best for me

Quercus ilex would be nice. My cousin planted 5 along a fence to have
instant cover. They're slow grower but you can get them at about 3m
high to start with. Being evergreens, birds will like it, there's
acorns, good as a hedge too and will go quite large afterwards. HTH

sawney bean wrote:

"landscapeadvice" wrote in message
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Hi, more info is needed, let any body know where you are then we
can
help. Steve.

I am near Birmingham and need some instant cover up to a height of
4m
and enough trees to cover a span of 6 m. Evergreens are best for me

There's a good case for Western red cedar (thuja plicata): it makes
an excellent evergreen hedge, and unlike the Leylandii abortion you
can trim it to size, and it won't annoy neighbours. Grows a foot or
more a year.

Try all the nurseries in your local Yellow Pages, and get the size
and price which suit you. But note that you'll pay quite a bit if you
want them big enough to provide instant screening; and as a rule
smaller trees are easier to establish as well as cheaper. I don't
know the prices, but, at a wild guess, I reckon you'd have to pay
well over sixty quid each for ten-footers (if you can even get them),
and you'd probably need about ten.

Flea's suggestion of Quercus ilex is good, too. I don't know how they
respond to being cut into old wood, though -- if they don't like it,
you'll have a problem starting a hedge with ten-foot plants.

Better prices come from forestry tree specialists such as (chosen at
random to start you off):
http://www.tree-shop.co.uk/index.asp

--
Mike.

Mike Lyle wrote:

(snip)

I'm just about to have a thuja cut down for being totally bear to about
2m high. It's my neighbour and it's a deal we've got with the pruning
of my holly. (Decided to keep the eucalyptus and cross our fingers for
foundation problems etc... no I don't want to talk about it).

Flea's suggestion of Quercus ilex is good, too. I don't know how they
respond to being cut into old wood, though -- if they don't like it,
you'll have a problem starting a hedge with ten-foot plants.

The thing is that they don't need any pruning in a life time at least,
so it's the grand children's problem )

La puce wrote:
Mike Lyle wrote:
[...]
Flea's suggestion of Quercus ilex is good, too. I don't know how
they
respond to being cut into old wood, though -- if they don't like
it,
you'll have a problem starting a hedge with ten-foot plants.

The thing is that they don't need any pruning in a life time at
least,
so it's the grand children's problem )

So how do you get them to form a hedge?

--
Mike.

Mike Lyle wrote:
So how do you get them to form a hedge?

A tall hedge g But seriously, he wants 6m high and after spending the
last two weeks looking at formal and informal hedges ... I am so tired
of the usual plants given as examples. I suggested the quercus ilex
because as my cousin did it, 5 along as standards, evergreen heads
touching, which she prunes in spring. It gives a fabulous tall hedge,
with bear trunks up to 1.5m. I have also seen them pruned with a square
shape but on a high trunk, not an hedge, in a park in Bordeaux. It's
lovely and really different.

"La Puce" wrote in message
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Mike Lyle wrote:
So how do you get them to form a hedge?

A tall hedge g But seriously, he wants 6m high and after spending the
last two weeks looking at formal and informal hedges ... I am so tired
of the usual plants given as examples. I suggested the quercus ilex
because as my cousin did it, 5 along as standards, evergreen heads
touching, which she prunes in spring. It gives a fabulous tall hedge,
with bear trunks up to 1.5m. I have also seen them pruned with a square
shape but on a high trunk, not an hedge, in a park in Bordeaux. It's
lovely and really different.

A bit like in an instant pleached hedge?
Not sure that the Sawney Bean would appreciate one of those-you can't nick
it from the local woods.

Rupert wrote:
A bit like in an instant pleached hedge?
Not sure that the Sawney Bean would appreciate one of those-you can't nick
it from the local woods.

) I like different out of the ordinary things especially in
horticulture.