Austin Gardening - Planting shrubs for hedges

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Planting shrubs for hedges

Meldave

2006-01-31, 10:21 pm

I need some advice on how far to plant shrubs apart to make a dence
hedge. Is there a rule for spacing them that can be determined from
their mature width?

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Meldave

Jangchub

2006-01-31, 11:21 pm

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:16:27 +0000, Meldave
<Meldave.22j2w2@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote:

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>I need some advice on how far to plant shrubs apart to make a dence
>hedge. Is there a rule for spacing them that can be determined from
>their mature width?

Yes, you plant them based on their mature width, on center. So if a
bush gets ten feet wide, you'd plant the shrubs ten feet apart or ten
feet on center. I hope I articulated that well. Of course you can
deduct a foot or two if you want them to meet sooner.

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