hedge tag
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Suggest a hedge for pathway edging Hi we have a 1950s house with a front garden which is shaded by 2 pohutakawa trees. We have a concrete pathway that leads to the front door. I'm looking at edging that pathway with either buxus or lavender to make it look nicer. I'm after the english cott... |
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Clearing hedge roots from around sewer pipe . the 1950s tile type of drain. About 4 metres of it from the laundry outlet, to where the toilet outlet joins it, then about 4 metres to the septic tank. Those 4 meters are clear of the roots. Is that legally an okay task for a layperson? It |
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Box Hedge Issues Hi All Have moved to a new flat that has box hedges, when I moved in a week and half ago there was slight brown on the hedges and felt dry. Did start watering every couple of days but now half the hedges are brown/yellow The flat w |
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Mulch from hedge? Hi, I'm about to rip out an old straggly pittosporum hedge so we can get in to rebuild the deck behind it. https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoser |
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Gardeners - hedge help needed. I planted the first line of Camellia's along here about 6 years ago and they really struggled & I lost some. I had one extra that I put in the back yard and it is now about 5 times the size of the surviving trees along the front fence. A couple of y |
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Rekraft Rechargeable Hedge Trimmer 18V Does anyone know anything about these please. Countdown are advertising them on sale $89 from tomorrow. Are they any good? I only have a very small hedge but am getting on in years and find the shears increasing hard to use but am wondering if they are ju... |
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Company that sells hedge plants There's a company in NZ that sells hedging in containers - various plants and various sizes - who are they? |
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How do we straighten a falling hedge ? We have a large hedge that is around 100 years old. The old wooden fence that the hedge was growing on has rotted away and the hedge has lost its internal support. It is developing quite a lean. How do we straighten it and make it secure ? Any |
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Hedge clippers can anyone recommend some for trimming buxus plants and grislina hedges please. |
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Recommend me a hedge trimmer/chainsaw please? My Black and Decker cordless hedge trimmer is nearing the end of it's life and I'll need to replace it. I've a large garden and would like to buy something I could use as a heavy duty trimmer for bushes and hedges, but not thick branches that |
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When can I plant red robin hedge? Time of year. |
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Controling weeds in space between hedge and fence? Howdy all, could do with some advise please. We have a 8m long hedge and the 600mm or so between it and the fence running parallel with it is bare dirt.This is quite hard to access and remove the bidi bidi, thistle etc that accumulates this ti |
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Griselinia - Kapuka Hedge dying We have had this long hedge in about 2-3 years. It has grown really well. Was well fertilised with slow release osmacote when we planted it, and has since had quite a few rounds of "worm tea". We lost a few random trees about a year ago and repl... |
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Trimming Hedge Gardening rookie here and just want some advice on how to make a nice thick hedge. Planted 6 lilly pillytrees 6 months ago and they are growing very well but was wondering what the best way to trim them. Have read that I should trim the top of |
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Will these make a dense hedge? mine are growing a metre a year but the small silver leaf one, NATIVE PITTOSPORUM TENUIFOLIUM are growing at 2 metres a year |
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Anyone digging up a hedge? Hi,I'm looking for approx 14m of hedge, ideally above 2m in height. Can anyone help! thanks |
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Planter box hedge We are about to build some planter boxes to use as a privacy screen, just wondering what ideas people have as to plants we could use to grow into a hedge. Cheers in advance |
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My grisellena hedge has turned yellow Is there a reason for this! Also can I save them! Any tips out there would be appreciated, thanks Sue |
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Stock friendly hedge? Can anyone recommend a hedging plant for a fenceline that wouldn't harm stock (cattle) if they nibbled on it!Preferably something that doesn't grow too high,Many thanks. |
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Hedge advice So we need a hedge in front of a back fence.I was originally going to go with just griselinia littoralis.But now I am thinking of doing a mixed hedge of that and lophomyrtus red dragon.My question is whether they would grow at a similar height and would t... |
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Any suggestions for a lowish hedge I have a semi tropical garden, the only trees are palms with underplating of bromeliads, hostas, clivia ets need to plant a hedge down the side of the driveway, would like suggestions as to what, dont want wide or too high or constant ma |
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Anything between a hedge trimmer and chainsaw? I let my hedge go a bit far. Needs a serious prune. The hedge trimmer can't handle the thickness of the branches. Tried a chainsaw but that just seems to get clogged by the small branches and leaves. Is there a tool that will help? Quite thick foliage, an... |
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Fast growing screening hedge recommendations Oh dear, oh dear. When are people going to understand that plants are growing things and take time! It doesn't matter if they are growing at your place or the nursery - they all take time. And that is why you have to pay a lot for larger plants - they've ... |
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Hedge Help - i have no idea about hedge's - I live in Dunedin, can someone link to something fast growing I can buy? |
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Cordless hedge/shrub trimmer Anyone out there that has used the Bosch shrub shear. want to get one for doing topiary / grislina hedges. just the light growth. |
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Box Hedge Advice We are looking at planting out a border in Box Hedge - 12 metres long. The intention of having grow to about 1 metre high and 400 to 500 mm thick. Would like it trimmed straight on both sides and top. We are in Wellington and about 1km from Cook Strait. |
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Pleaching hedge assistance! Help, does anyone have any thoughts on the below trees for a pleaching hedge? Ficus Tuffi/hilli / Evergreen Alder / Titoki I'm getting confused - we are in central Auckland |
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Neighbors hedge Does anyone know if there are height restrictions on hedges along a fenceline? My neighbor has a mature privet hedge along the fence line on their side. Privet grows extremely quickly and although they have it trimmed a couple of times a year, it's |
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Low growing hedging ideas for formal double hedge We're planting a double hedge at the front of our property after removing large overgrown shrubs. So far have planted a line of Corokia Geenty's Green for the back row. Looking for something as a contrast for the front. Orange or white flowers or berries ... |
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Narrow growing hedge/privacy plants 3-4m tall I cant think of any plants that will do what I want. I want to grow a small tree/large shrub next to my 1.8m wooden fence so that it'll add another 1-2 m height - for privacy from the neighbours. The neighbours kids climb onto the top of the fence while i... |
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