Answers to Your Questions: Radical Pruning of a Cedar Hedge
Question Following a complaint from a neighbor and a visit from a municipal inspector, I’m obliged to reduce the heightContinue Reading
Category: Hedges
A Rose Hedge? Why Not!
If you have no major problems with the roses in your area, such as rose chafers and Japanese beetles, roses makeContinue Reading
A Hedge for Practically Nothing
You want to plant a hedge, but the price of hedge plants is beyond your budget? Why not start yourContinue Reading
A Windbreak of Many Virtues
In Quebec, as elsewhere, natural hedgerows were torn down a few decades ago to allow for the expansion of agriculturalContinue Reading
Yellow Cedars After Fertilisation
Question: We planted a cedar hedge last spring and everything seemed to be going well. Since it rained regularly, IContinue Reading
Have Your Hedge and Eat It Too
By Larry Hodgson It’s easier to justify the cost of installing a hedge if it not only provides a visibleContinue Reading
50 Plants for a Perennial Hedge
By Larry Hodgson If you look back over the history of hedges, you’ll realize that, although today’s hedges always seemContinue Reading
Cutting a Willow Hedge Down to Size
So-called dwarf arctic willow (Salix purpurea ‘Nana’). Photo: Susan Hagen, pinterest.com Question: A few years ago, we were sold arctic willows asContinue Reading
An Evergreen Hedge for Shade and Cold?
A yew hedge (Taxus × media ‘Hicksii’) is perfect for both sun and shade. Photo: sublimegardendesign.com Question: I currently have a cedar hedgeContinue Reading
Deer Resistant Hedges
Question: We have a cedar hedge about 100 ft. (30 m) long at the back of our lot, but the deer prettyContinue Reading