Are you tired of watching your neighbors? We bring to your attention the most suitable hedge plants  that will be most suitable for building a living fence in your country house. Fence off prying eyes and live in peace, because the shrubs from our list for the green wall will definitely be able to help you.

Plants for hedge number 1. Cotoneaster brilliant

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Evergreen shrub 0.5-1 m high with high shoot-forming ability. Suitable for low hedges along the curbs. Cotoneaster is an ideal plant for hedges as:

• Decorative all season.
• Often used for urban gardening, because it contains volatile, purifying the air.
• The fruits are not toxic, so you can plant a shrub if you have small children.
• Shears almost any shape.
• Unpretentious.
• Carries gas contamination.

Plants for hedge number 2. Kalinolisty

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Luxurious shrub with a spreading crown. In well-groomed appearance, it looks quite solid. The height of the vesicle in Russia can reach 3 m, so there is where to roam. It should be borne in mind since:

• The bush is unpretentious, tolerates drought and soil poverty.
• The bubble becomes yellow in the fall; there are varieties with purple leaves.
• It lends itself well to haircut, the crown is high and thick - basically this is a rare combination.
• You can not be afraid for the children, they will not be poisoned by the fruits, because they are not poisonous.

Plants for hedge number 3. Spirea

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Spiraea is a very beautiful plant, which is decorative in its flowering in spring: shades range from white to purple. She deserves your attention because:

• Will please spring decorativeness.
• It tolerates a haircut.
• There are low and high types of spirea, so you can create a fence of different heights.
• Spirea can be given interesting shapes.
• The fruits are not toxic.

Be sure to cut off the faded inflorescences, this will allow the plant to maintain a neat appearance.

Plants for hedges No. 4. Chubushnik coronet

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Perennial shrub that blooms in summer. It should be grown on the site, because:

• It has fragrant flowers.
• The fruits are dry, safe for children.
• Shrub tall, reaches 3 m.
• Decorative in the summer.

Chubushnik will not cease to please you if you do pruning on time.

Plants for hedge number 5. Derain white

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A beautiful perennial shrub that makes a shadow. The stems of the plant are bright red, even in winter the shrub is decorative. Foliage has an attractive multi-colored color in the fall. Derain has very bright, beautiful fruits. From it you can make a tall hedge 3 meters high. The shrub will bloom in any conditions. There are varieties of white turf with very decorative foliage, for example, a silver-green hue.

Plants for hedges number 6. Barberry of Thunberg

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Perennial shrub, from it you can make an average hedge. It should be planted on the site if:

• You want to admire the colorful foliage and fruits in the fall.
• Want to make compote or jam from barberry.
• You are ready to regularly cut the shrub to maintain a dense crown and a beautiful shape.
• You do not like to treat plants from pests, since barberry is practically not sick.

Barberis of Thunberg will create a dense and impenetrable hedge.

Plants for hedges number 7. Thuja

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Thuja is a tall tree or shrub. Our climate allows it to reach a height of about 3 meters. A hedge will turn out of it high and dense. This shrub has its advantages:

• Thuja lends itself well to haircut, takes any form.
• Shrub cleans the air and releases volatile.
• Thuja withstands urban conditions.
• Thuja seeds are not poisonous.

Among the minuses of thuja, burnout in the sun and brown color of needles can be noted. In our conditions, the best variety is Smaragd or Emerald. The shrub is not suitable for all garden styles; it is best to fit it into the Mediterranean landscape.

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Privet is a shade-tolerant shrub from the olive family. The plant reaches a height of 2-2.5 m in our latitudes, blooms in mid-summer. Undoubted advantages in using privet:

• It is well cut and shaped.
• Easy to grow and adapt to adverse conditions.
• Privet perfectly tolerates cold winter times.
• A shrub will attract butterflies to your summer cottage.
• It is not susceptible to pests and diseases.
• It should be watered only in severe drought.
• Without a haircut, it takes an interesting vase shape.

Neatly!  The fruits of privet are poisonous. Do not plant her if you have children.

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A sun-loving culture that reaches a height of 1.5 m. In May, the bush is covered with magnificent purple inflorescences. The advantages of the bush are as follows:

• Shrub is not affected by powdery mildew.
• It has a fairly compact crown.
• Meyer Lilac easily tolerates arid conditions.
• It grows well after spring pruning and crown formation.
• Hardy, but freezes in harsh winters.
• Resistant to urban conditions, tolerates gas and smoke.

Meyer Lilac has a decorative Palibin shape with a crown resembling a dome with purple inflorescences.

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Yew is an evergreen tree, which in the Moscow region reaches a height of 5 m. It is suitable for hedges for several reasons:

• Permanent decorativeness is an evergreen culture.
• Durable, lives 3,000 years.
• Not demanding on watering.
• It does not need top dressing.
• The shrub is drought tolerant.
• It forms shoots even on old wood.
• Perfectly cut.
• Handsome in a curly haircut, but only in a warmer climate.
• It has bright red decorative fruits.
• Windproof and tolerates urban conditions.

Yew has decorative shapes, but they are less hardy. Attention!  All parts of the plant are poisonous. Do not plant shrubs if you have children.

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Hawthorn is a very unpretentious shrub resistant to our conditions. It has its advantages:

• It grows even on sandy soils.
• It reproduces well with the help of cuttings treated with Kornevin.
• Has a good shoot-forming ability.
• Suitable for curly haircuts at the height of human height.
• It tolerates landing on a stump.
• Absolutely winter-hardy, shelter is not required.

Medicinal plant, used for cardiovascular diseases. Hawthorn will attract birds to your winter garden. Keep in mind that aroma of flowering hawthorn  may not appeal to your family members.

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Many people associate shrubs with childhood. Berries of the irgi girls painted their lips, and the boys just ate and enjoyed the tart taste. From heirs create magnificent hedges:

• Deciduous tree cuts well in figures.
• Irga transfers any kind of pruning and becomes thicker.
• Drought-resistant, practically no need for watering.
• It tolerates the northernmost temperatures up to - 50 ° C.
• Attracts insects, as it is a honey plant.
• Carries landing on a stump.
• Resistant to city conditions.
• Beautiful blue-violet fruits are edible.
• Orange and yellow leaves in the fall, which is very decorative.

A plant native to America! Experts believe that it threatens the natural flora of Russia, as it often runs wild. But in general, irga is promising in terms of landscaping.

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Heat-loving plant with bright red berries in the winter. A small tree reaching a height of 1.5-3 m in our conditions. Plant characteristics:

• The species is winter-hardy and does not require shelters.
• Unpretentious to soil conditions.
• It tolerates gas pollution, smoke and other adverse urban conditions.
• The fruits turn red first, then blacken, which adds decorativeness.
• Life expectancy is about 50 years.
• It grows well after cutting.
• The shrub does not require wind protection.
• This view has beautiful decorative shapes.

From viburnum Gordovina create medium in height living green walls.

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Beautiful flowering shrub used for unformed hedges. It reaches a maximum height of 2 m. Weigel characteristics:

• It is decorative in spring with pink coloring of inflorescences.
• Rooted by cuttings 100%.
• Excellent transplant tolerance.
• It has a spreading crown.
• Weigela blooms for more than 1 month. Every 2 years, the crop requires trimming.
• From it create hedges average in height.

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Shrub with a very lush flowering. The density and density of the crown allows him to act as a low-growing, flowering hedge. The birthplace of culture is North America. Plant characteristics:

• The height of the tree hydrangea is about 1.5 m.
• It requires shelter for the winter.
• The plant needs regular watering.
• The peak of decorativeness occurs in the summer.
• It has beautiful decorative shapes.
• Loves sunny places or light partial shade.

If a are you ready for a moody hedge, then feel free to choose hydrangea. All costs are more than paid for by its magnificent flowering.

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Beautiful flowering shrub with a delicate aroma. Distributed in Russia. It will turn out an unpretentious hedge. Honeysuckle Characteristics:

• There are decorative forms with cream, red and pink flowers.
• It winters well; shelter for the winter is not required.
• Plant height reaches 4 m, you can safely create a high living wall.
• Excellent transplant tolerance.
• It has a vertical dense crown.
• Well propagated by cuttings.
• It grows fast and has a good haircut.

Attention!  The fruits of the honeysuckle of the Tatar are poisonous. Do not plant it in places where children walk. The plant may need support.

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Miniature and very decorative shrub. The honey plant attracts bees and butterflies. The culture is actively used in urban landscaping. Characteristics of the cinquefoil:

• The plant is smoke and gas resistant, it is not afraid of dust.
• Bloodroot needs anti-aging pruning every 5-6 years.
• Culture does not require shelter for the winter.
• The cinquefoil is perfectly cut.
• The plant has many decorative varieties with cream, pink, yellow, orange and red colors.
• Blooms in the summer for 2 months.
• The plant has healing properties and is used in traditional medicine. In severe drought, the cinquefoil should be watered.

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A mini-blooming hedge can be created with almonds. Culture is growing in the Altai Territory. The bush reaches a height of 2 m. Characteristics of the bush:

• It has a spherical crown and gives numerous root processes.
• It grows on any soil.
• Resistant to drought, but watering is recommended for copious flowering.
• Old shoots die off, they need to be cut off gradually.
• It tolerates a haircut.
• Shelter for the winter is required only for young plants.
• Blossoms in May pink.

This type of almond tolerates urban conditions. The plant begins to bear fruit only from 11 years.

So, high hedges can be obtained from the following plants:

• vesicle
• turf;
• hawthorn;
• yew
• honeysuckle;
• irgi;
• mock up.
• Medium living fences are made from:
• spirea
• viburnum;
• lilacs;
• privet;
• barberry.

Low green walls form from:

• cotoneaster;
• hydrangeas;
• cinquefoil;
• almonds;
• weigels.

Hedgerows are able to absorb noise, harmful substances, they are decorative and attract attention. Green walls will decorate the territory of your garden.

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Hedgerow - a spectacular decoration of any site, widely used in decorative landscaping. The plants that form it are subject to special requirements. It is desirable that they be fast-growing and perennial. The evergreen hedge will continue to decorate the garden or courtyard during the off-season. We will discuss which shrubs are best suited to form this element of landscape design. What needs to be done so that the green wall is dense and beautiful.

This element of landscape design is used very widely: it can play the role of a separator within a site, frame paths, surround various objects, complement architectural forms. Often a hedge serves as an alternative to a conventional fence. Working with live, growing material, there are ample opportunities for experimentation. You can grow a compact, low and dense hedge. By choosing a high wall and picking plants with thorns for it, you can get a completely impregnable fence.

Tip. If the height of the hedge can be selected based on individual preferences, then the width does not traditionally exceed 80 cm. This is important from the point of view of decorativeness and the advisability of using the area of \u200b\u200bthe site.

The requirements for the selection of plants for linear plantings include a number of important parameters. If its length is large, unpretentiousness of shrubs comes to the fore. The painstaking care of each bush, when there are several hundred of them, can forever discourage the desire to decorate your site with hedges. In the conditions of the middle zone, one should not forget about the frost resistance of perennials.

  Choose unpretentious hedge crops

Planting new plants every spring instead of frozen ones is not only expensive and difficult, but it can also deprive the entire hedge of attractiveness. Along with these most important characteristics, attention should also be paid to the following indicators:

1. The rate of growth and development.
2. The presence of flowers, fruits.
3. Possibility of haircuts, shaping.
4. The duration of the season of decorativeness.
5. Lack of uncontrolled growth.

There is a special kind of hedge using climbing or weaving plants. For them, you can arrange trellises or leave to curl around the fence. This type of vertical gardening, located along the perimeter of the site, forms the most beautiful cascades of greenery, creating a kind of hedge.

You can plant clematis or cultural loaches, the flowering of which is long, large corollas are very attractive. Such a blooming vertical hedge has every chance to become the main decoration of the garden. The advantage of climbing plants is their rapid development, in the second year a rather large curtain forms, almost completely hiding the site from prying eyes. In addition, a vertical hedge takes up little space in width, which can be important for narrow sections.

  Barberry

Fast-growing hedge crops

Barberry is very often used to create hedges. This perennial is very plastic, from it you can form a low, trimmed in one line neat hedge-border. Or place the plants in a more spacious planting pattern, giving them the opportunity to grow into tall, spiky impassable hedges. Barberry has earned its popularity due to the following qualities:

• unpretentiousness;
• frost resistance;
• the rapid formation of green mass;
• responsiveness to haircut;
• the presence of thorns;
• high decorativeness.

Hawthorn is no less often used by landscapers to create hedges. In addition to the decorative qualities that this plant boasts, its edible fruits are healing for the heart and blood vessels. The plant is characterized by the following qualities important for phytodesign:

• high decorativeness;
• undemanding care;
• easy to shape;
• unpretentiousness to growing conditions.

Adult hawthorn plants are frost-resistant, but young immature bushes may need light shelter, especially in the first year of life.

  Cotoneaster

The following shrubs, which are excellent for creating linear plantings of various configurations, also deserve close attention:

1. Snowberry.
2. Honeysuckle (different species).
3. Forsythia

Evergreens for hedges

The climate of the vast majority of the territories of our country involves the use of only coniferous species as evergreens. The advantages of such plants are quite obvious, they are attractive all year round, their lush branches are well suited for linear plantings. The aroma of their resins has beneficial properties for human health.

Coniferous plants are durable, if you plan to create a green hedge once for many years, then this choice will be the best. However, most conifers grow quite slowly and require a special approach when planting. It is not possible to seasonally change the color of the foliage that colors the landscape, and there will be no bloom. This fact must be taken into account. Consider those conifers that are best suited for hedges.

  Common spruce

Breeders have bred many decorative varieties of spruce. They differ in the shade of needles, the speed and strength of growth, the shape of the crown. The choice is quite wide, using various varietal forms of ordinary spruce, you can get a low hedge, consisting of beautiful spruce paws. Or to grow a powerful, up to a person’s height, prickly barrier, distinguished by decorativeness. Alternatively, you can plant at a certain distance from each other plants of the variety "Little Jam" or "Echiniformis", having crowns in the form of a hemisphere or pillow. Spruce, planted in the form of a hedge, meets a number of requirements for this element of garden design:

• unpretentiousness in leaving;
• frost resistance;
• undemanding to fertility and soil composition;
• pleasant spruce aroma;
• the ability to create a barbed barrier;
• amenable to formation.

Thuja is rightfully popular among landscape designers and site owners. Its even by nature crowns are often not necessary to form artificially. Even planted in the form of a simple single-row hedge, the thuja perfectly decorates the space. However, this southern plant is vulnerable to severe frosts. Depending on the region of cultivation, it may require shelter.

Juniper is represented by many varieties and varieties. From creeping plants to fairly tall representatives. Its branches are able to create tight weaves, well suited for live fences.

Planting and care of hedges

Particular attention should be paid to the purchase of seedlings of conifers. It is recommended to purchase planting material from the nursery, and not to take young plants from their natural habitat.

  Planting a hedge

Since conifers are characterized by a very close symbiosis with other organisms, they poorly take root in a new place. It is highly advisable to purchase seedlings with a closed root system, with a lump of earth. So at least part of the soil community will be preserved and survival will be much faster. Coniferous seedlings are usually selected at least 4 years old. Whereas deciduous shrubs can be planted already in the 2-3rd year of their life.

Preparation for planting plants in a hedge differs little from work with other types of shrub plantings. Along the entire future green wall, a landing trench is excavated with an average depth of 50 cm. For a single-row hedge, the width is approximately equal to the depth. The planting pattern is significantly different depending on the specific type of plant. Most shrubs widely used for arranging hedges are placed at a distance of 25 cm from each other.

Tip. When planting evergreen hedges from conifers, manure should not be added to the planting trench.

Plant care is standard for shrubs. It must be remembered that the roots of hedge crops consume significant amounts of nutrients from the soil. Because they are planted quite tightly. This fact must be taken into account when calculating the fertilizer consumption for other plants growing on the site.

The main difficulty in caring for a hedge is its regular haircut. After all, not always a free-growing hedge meets aesthetic and design needs. You need to cut the plants at least once a season, but this is usually done more often. Properly formed plants form a well leafy curtain, never bare in the lower part.

Important! To reduce the frequency of hedge haircuts and reduce labor costs, you can use special chemicals that inhibit plant growth - retardants.

Planting a hedge is not at all difficult. Having picked up fast-growing cultures for its formation, you can get a wonderful fence in the shortest possible time. A hedge is superior to conventional fences in many ways. After all, it retains dust, muffles sounds, saturates the air with oxygen, creates a pleasant shadow. Among other things, such a hedge is very aesthetic and attractive in appearance.

The article contains detailed information about the hedge for a private house, which will help you understand the nuances of arrangement: which plants to choose, how to plant them correctly. We will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each, so that you know what problems you will face in the process of growing.

Hedgerow not only decorates the site, but also take care of clean air Source sadogorodsad.ru

What is the best way to make a hedge? fast growing hedge

It all depends on the function that the fence from the hedge, the owner’s wallet and personal preferences should perform. Plants can be very different: deciduous or evergreen, curly or with a straight strong trunk, spiky and smooth, tall and knee-deep, thick and fairly loose.

Some can fulfill their purpose along the border of the plot with their neighbors, others can frame the perimeter of the flowerbed. First, decide what you want first. If you fence yourself from the eyes of a neighbor, then the fence should be high and dense. Plants for him can be planted in 2 rows.

When a “live” hedge runs along the border as a picturesque frame, the height is not important. In this case, you need to pay attention to the decorative qualities and combination with the nearest neighbors. For most, the price tag and unpretentiousness is still important.

Which plants are best to choose for hedges on the site, you decide. Take a look at the most common for this purpose:

girl's grapes;

hawthorn;

• rosehip;

  barberry;

  privet;

• cystic fibrosis.

Spruce trees planted in a row can become a kind of hedge, but they grow for a long time, and when they become very large they will close the yard from the sun. Source hvorast.ru

When choosing a plant for your garden, pay attention to whether this plant is evergreen or deciduous. Evergreens most often have a long growth process. In addition, all of them (pine, spruce, larch), except thuja, pose a certain danger when they grow up. The disadvantage of deciduous is the loss of its functional features in winter. Many are also very littered with leaves in the fall.

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What shrubs can be used for hedges

Creating a hedge requires a serious approach. You need to think over everything so that you don’t redo it later. In order to fence off neighbors, not only shrubs, but also climbing plants can come up. True, they will require strong support, but they will create a dense mass of leaves.

One of these is the girl's grape. It is unpretentious, growing fast. And after a few years, it will require strict control so that it does not creep around the site. If you appear relatively rarely on the site, then this option is unlikely to suit you. It is necessary to plant such plants for which regular care will not be necessary.

Any shrubs require pruning, forming a "fence" Source secretgardens.ro

For example, almost any berry shrubs are suitable for hedges in the country:

• currant red, white, golden;

• black mountain ash (chokeberry aronia);

• rosehip;

  hawthorn.

If you want to not only protect your garden from prying eyes and stray animals, but also to harvest a useful product, then you should think about creating a hedge of berry bushes. They also need to be trimmed regularly to control height. At the same time, aesthetics will be preserved, and picking berries will be much more convenient.

Strawberries over a wicker fence made of twigs - harvest from such a fence is easier to collect Source houseadvice.ru

Of the disadvantages of such a fence can be called the following:

They cannot be used along the track as protection against exhaust and dust. Or as an option - do not pick berries from such bushes. But do not forget that others can do it.

Most of these plants produce copious shoots, which are difficult to control, given the length of the boundaries of the site.

Measures to improve fruiting and high-quality live fencing often contradict each other (thickening, attitude to the overgrowth). Therefore, you have to sacrifice a crop to make a dense and beautiful hedge of bushes.

Harvest will be not only you, but also the neighbors.

If you are going to opt for berry shrubs, you must choose from those listed in height, the presence of shoots and thorns. For example, raspberries will grow about 2 meters, but give a shoot that on one side makes the "fence" denser, and on the other - takes away the strength of fruiting branches.

Often in the country you can see a hedge of blackberries, but it does not always look perfect, because it grows very much. Source stroypay.ru

Irga will not grow without watering, but when creating favorable conditions it will give a lot of berries and a good fence. In addition, it can withstand severe frosts. The dog rose will not grow very quickly, but with the help of thorns it will help to protect itself from uninvited guests and animals. Currants can form dense rows, but its bushes do not grow more than one and a half meters.

Cherry will grow remarkably in any area, but will give copious growth, which will be difficult to fight. The lack of viburnum is in frequent damage by pests. Thus, studying the pros and cons of each plant, you need to choose it "for yourself" so that care does not take much time.

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Selection of hedge shrubs

When choosing plants, first of all decide on a place for them. Mentally imagine this place in 5-10 years, at a time when the hedge will grow more than human growth. Plan ahead how wide it will grow, where and how much the shadow will fall.

Many experienced gardeners advise planting trees rather than shrubs as a green hedge. The arguments are as follows: the growth rate (larch, birch), unpretentiousness.

Larch green hedge Source yandex.kz

Why is this not worth doing? Such trees eventually form a huge crown, which is almost impossible to form. Their roots extend several meters in diameter. They suck out water and nutrients from the soil in proportion to their size.

Bushes for hedges have many advantages:

they are more compact than trees;

amenable to cropping and shaping;

much less effort will be required to remove the green fence.

When choosing a place, do not forget about regular watering. For the first time, planted plants will require a lot of moisture. Over time, watering can be reduced. After 2-4 years, the fence can be watered only on dry days.

Overview of fast-growing perennial shrubs for hedges in the country

Not all shrubs that form a beautiful dense hedge grow quickly. For example, thuja in the beginning grow very slowly. Annual growth is 5-10 cm. Gradually, the pace increases to 30 cm, and over 10 years they can reach two meters in height. Of course, landing and care are of great importance.

When choosing plants for planting, you need to consider their features Source krrot.net

Types of fast-growing hedge shrubs:

Fast growing plant. In landscape design, the commonweed, with beautiful leaves, is especially known. Different varieties can have different colors: maroon - Diabolo, Andre, Lady in Red, Red Baron, green - Amur, Nanus, yellow - Luteus, Darts Gold.

Bubble can grow as a separate shrub, or planted in a row for a hedge. Source mytree.by

Lilac. It grows very quickly, it is possible and necessary to cut to the desired height. Without a haircut, it can grow more than 3 meters. One of the most unpretentious plants, practically does not get sick. But it has one drawback: some varieties give copious growth, which must be constantly removed.

Abundant flowering in spring, freshness from bright green leaves in summer Source pinterest.com

Mocker. This shrub is better known as jasmine. In summer, fragrant white flowers appear on it. Can be trimmed. From several plants it is possible to form a dense hedge of the desired height.

Chubushnik or “bride” is often found in city parks Source kak-zabor.ru

Willow. It grows very quickly, besides unpretentious. Many ignore this shrub only because of its mediocrity. This is not entirely true. Now on sale there are many varieties of willow, which differ in leaf shape, height. But, all lend themselves well to a haircut. Of some, you can even create shapes: purple willow and winding.

Forming a willow fence is not an easy process, but it turns out beautifully Source pinterest.com

Spirea. It has many diverse species and varieties that may be completely different from each other. The height of different spirae ranges from 15 cm to 2 meters. Some of them are perfectly trimmed and need to be trimmed (oak-leaved spirea, Japanese spirea), others (gray spirea) have a natural shape.

Low-grade spirea is more used to protect garden paths from lawns and gardens Source softlot.ru

Doeren. A fast-growing shrub that reaches a height of 3 meters. Easy to prune, forms dense thickets. Its only drawback is that in winter, like all deciduous, it loses its decorative effect. Keep in mind that derain loves water.

Derain is beautiful with the proper approach, but in winter, like all deciduous shrubs, it loses its attractiveness. Source fermilon.ru

Dogrose. A prickly version of the fence through which it will be difficult to pass. Its height will not be higher than human height, but maintaining the growth, it is possible to achieve such a density that neighboring animals circumvent the site. Plus of this bush is high decorativeness during flowering. Minus - the abundance of overgrowth and difficulties in processing due to thorns.

Rosehip can be used for hedges, but it is difficult to work with it because of the thorns Source doka-metal.ru

the Rose. Despite the fact that in the minds of many, a rose is a moody, heat-loving flower, this is not entirely true. Now there are many frost-resistant varieties (for example, Canadian roses) that can withstand temperatures up to -40 ° C. There are so-called park roses, from which you can form an excellent hedge.

Roses planted in a dense row become a beautiful fence, but for the winter period it is better to choose special varieties Source news.hitsad.ru

Of the above plants, the vesicle and willow grow faster. If they create favorable conditions: watering, top dressing, lighting, then after 2 years they will create a high and fairly dense fence.

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What plants can you make a hedge of your own from?

Answering the question: what is better to make a hedge from, you need to remember about shrubs that grow for a long time, but give a quality fence. There are many plants that will grow to the desired height in 5-7 years, but will give an equally high-quality fence.

Green hedge in the country from shrubs and trees

Among them there are both shrubs and trees:

barberry;

blackthorn;

• euonymus;

  honeysuckle.

Pay attention to barberry. This is not to say that it is growing rapidly, but at the same time it turns out to be a 2-meter impenetrable hedge with huge spikes. He does not give growth, and in the fall pleases the eye with purple foliage and an abundance of berries. Thunderberg Atropurpurea barberry has red foliage all season.

A shrub of barberry with red leaves does not need to be decorated with flowers or berries - it already looks beautiful Source mirlandshaft.ru

Evergreens for hedges

Many people prefer to have a hedge of conifers. These are spruce, thuja, pine. The latter are growing very fast. But they are suitable for fencing only in exceptional cases, given the size to which they grow. Evergreens have one significant advantage - they are decorative all year round and purify the air even in winter.

Often this group also includes larch. But this is a mistake, because it is a deciduous tree. Currently, thuja is used in decorative gardening and as a fence. It is relatively unpretentious and hardy. But thuja grows long enough.

Which thujas are best suited for hedges

Most often, the choice falls on one of two varieties: Brabant or Smaragd. Thuja western Brabant is characterized by high winter hardiness and unpretentiousness. But, despite this, at first it must be sheltered for the winter. After 2-3 years, when her root gets stronger, she will be able to winter without shelter. It grows to 5 meters, does not suffer from frequent haircuts.

Thuja is the best way to take care of the health of the owners of the yard by clearing the air around Source mycountry.house

Thuya Smaragd has a height of up to 8 meters. Just like Brabant is able to clean the air from pollution. But, unlike the previous variety, it has a dense pyramidal crown. Due to its natural form, the plant does not need to be cut, but only trimmed.

Thuja Kolumna. It differs in a narrow columnar shape. The height of an adult tree is from 6 to 8 meters, but it stops at 4.5-5 meters. It is able to keep the shape of the crown on its own, but also, like other varieties, can be trimmed. Crohn thuja Kolumna is lighter and lighter than Smaragd.

An evergreen shorn hedge is suitable for those who have the time and financial ability not only to plant, but also to care for the thuja. To create dense landings, many copies will be required, each of which is sold in stores at a fairly high price. Care and haircut require special attention.

Thuja in spring suffer from burns, if you overlook them. The rest are quite unpretentious plants that can grow in the shade and on any soil. They give a small increase in the first years - 8-10 cm, then - 20 cm. 6-10-year-old seedlings are able to grow already 30 cm, depending on the variety.

Blackthorn and other prickly fast-growing hedge shrubs

Turn as a hedge has a lot of advantages:

edible fruits;

transfers haircut;

unpretentious

growing fast;

height is 2-3 meters;

Thorny blackthorn will save from uninvited guests, but will not regret the owners when pruning Source domvpavlino.ru

The latter is not liked by everyone, since it is necessary to care for the shrub. But for those who need a fence of “barbed wire”, they can choose not only thorns, but also rose hips, barberries and even sea buckthorn.

Unwanted plants for perennial hedges

A matter of taste, but most often undesirable plants, which, despite all efforts, fill the garden and the garden with root offspring. The most famous in this group will be Sakhalin Highlander. He creates a beautiful hedge, but gives a huge amount of offspring.

Trees that are difficult to form are undesirable as hedges. If the distance between the plants and the main garden is small, then you do not need to plant birch trees whose roots resemble pumps in their ability to draw moisture around. This will harm nearby plants.

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In the video, the process of trimming hedges:

Trimming and cutting hedges

In order to make it easier to care for plants, they are cut to an accessible height of 2-3 meters, with a special secateurs with long handles and powerful blades that can "bite" the middle branches. A bush or tree should be inspected annually in the spring and make adjustments: completely cut out the thick, old and dried branches.

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Shrubs are formed using a haircut 2-3 times per season, if necessary. In this case, you need to shoot 10-15 cm of growth at a time. So, the plants will retain their shape and grow denser. You will be able to cut willow more often, thuja and other evergreens - enough to “pass” secateurs 2 times a year.

Conclusion

There are many reasons why the owner of a site prefers a hedge to a dead fence. Some plants perform an aesthetic function, while others protect a site no worse than a real fence. Now the market has a huge selection of species and varieties of shrubs that are planted instead of a fence.

A hedge is a great alternative to a conventional fence. This is a wonderful element of landscape design, which hides the site from prying eyes, serves as a screen from dust and wind, performs a security function. The evergreen hedge not only pleases the eye, but also makes the space more harmonious.

When choosing plants for hedges, it is worth considering the following factors:

• Desired fence height.
• Destination.
• Climatic conditions.
• Features of the site (soil type, illumination, humidity).

Fast-growing hedge shrubs:  elderberry, Forsythia, euonymus, currant, mock orange, cotoneaster, honeysuckle, blackthorn, privet, hawthorn, roses, broom, barberry of Thunberg. If the choice fell on a single-tier high hedge, you can choose trees - maples, poplars, willow, linden, mountain ash, derain, buckthorn, buckthorn chokeberry, hazel, lilac and others.

TOP 10 ideas for hedges

Hedge fence

Such a hedge should not be higher than 50 cm. Choose dwarf plants (lingonberries, Lavson cypress, Thunberg barberry, pygmy caragan, boxwood and others). The alternation of evergreen and flowering plants looks interesting. For example, boxwood with rose hips or climbing roses.

Important! The hedge fence will be a wonderful setting for any element - a flower bed, a fountain, a pond or a playground!

Zoning fence

The idea is especially relevant if the site is small, but you want to separate the economic zone from the garden. Shrubs up to 1 meter high look best - they will not obscure the terrain and at the same time look very colorful. They can be planted both symmetrically and in wavy lines.

Fancy hedge shapes

Of course, only professionals can cut the mammoth or dinosaur from the bush. However, elements in the form of a cube, wave, arch or rectangle in the area will also look great! And caring for them is a feasible task for beginner gardeners.

Colorful hedge

Multilevel designs are now in fashion, your chip may be in choosing plants for hedges. One row can be formed from red-leaf boxwood, the second from green juniper, and the third from gray spruce. Your site will gain unexpected color and contrast.

Flowering wall

Choose fast-growing shrubs for hedges - hawthorn, spirea, blood-red currants. Their flowering lasts 3-4 weeks, and at the foot of the hedge you can plant border flowering plants - so your garden will delight the eye all season.

Original mix

You can alternate plants with other elements. It will turn out a kind of chess, which looks very interesting! The hedge can be supplemented with wooden modules, brick pillars, wickers, gabions, large boulders and other elements.

Improvisation with an old fence

Suppose you have an ugly old fence. It seems to be a pity to demolish, and the view of the site spoils. With the help of a simple wire structure, it is possible to form a support for weaving plants and containers with plants. Pots can be filled with seedlings, flowers or herbs. Of the climbing plants, we can recommend climbing roses, grapes, hydrangea, clematis, honeysuckle, wisteria. What is not a hedge?

Live Walls

An evergreen hedge does not necessarily take up much space. Install wooden or mesh supports as you wish and plant creepers, ivy or grapes near them. “Walls” located at an angle look great. By the way, it’s quite possible to hide a recreation area or a sandbox behind them.

Wild garden

The stereotype that the hedge should be trimmed under the ruler, accurate to the millimeter, is hopelessly outdated. If the size of the plot allows, you can give preference to unformed hedges. Its width can reach 1-2 meters. A combination of plants with different flowering periods looks spectacular. For example, in one hedge, combine barberry, rose hip and mock orange.

Hedge of fruit shrubs

We combine business with pleasure! Felt cherry, gooseberry, blackberry, currant, chokeberry, barberry! The distance between the bushes is 40-50 cm. Beautiful and tasty!

Photo of hedges

We also offer a look at a selection of beautiful and fashionable hedges. Some of them are classics of landscape design, while others are the most fashionable trends.

A hedge is not just three trees in a row! This is an opportunity to try yourself as a landscape designer and bring ideas to life! Such decoration of the site will surely appeal to you and your loved ones!

The fence is necessary to hide from prying eyes our small country world. However, today, summer residents do not just want to get a fence, but surround their charming garden with no less beautiful hedges. Or maybe someone just wants to make tracks or. And in this case, a hedge will come to the rescue. What is the best way to make it so that care is minimal and efficiency is the highest?

Hedge - what better to do

A hedge is a kind of "flowerbed", planting, which serves to designate any particular zone or to protect it. Often performs an aesthetic function. A hedge is traditionally created from shrubs or trees, but you can find natural barriers from grasses and even vines, but these usually still serve to complement and decorate more durable options for a plant “fence”.

The history of hedges has been calculated over the centuries, so it is not surprising that they have a large number of varieties of shapes and sizes. First of all, they are classified by height.

Table. Classification of barriers according to height.

Type Name	Height, m	Description
Border	Up to 1	This is the lowest version of a live fence, a kind of discount. It is usually used to frame garden beds, paths, paths. For cultivation, such crops as heather, Japanese quince, alpine currant, rose hip, sea buckthorn are used. Most importantly, the plants should be slow-growing, small and have small leaves.
Average height	1-3	Shrubs and - sometimes - low trees are used to create such hedges. For example, marshmallow, barberry, western thuja, acacia, euonymus, juniper, lilac and others are great. Usually such hedges divide the garden into plots favorably - that's why they are used.
Living wall	More than 3	Such living “fences” are the real defenders of the garden plot from wind, noise, dust and exhaust from roads. Willow, spruce, thuja, hornbeam, and apple tree are used to grow such walls. The main thing is that the trees were of those species that calmly tolerate cutting. Such hedges are planted around the perimeter of the site.

Note! Virtually each of these options will be in harmony with stone and iron. That is why often living fences are not continuous - some of their sections are a regular, non-natural fence.

Another “dimensional” version of the classification of hedges is their row or width.

1. Single row  - in this case, all the plants forming the hedge are planted in one row and at an equal distance.
2. Double row  - accordingly, they have two rows of plants planted in several lines, most often in tiers.
3. Multirow  - three or more rows of plants. Usually in this case, crops are planted in a checkerboard pattern, taking into account the distance from the trunks and crowns in the future. Layered hedges are often cascaded.

Other hedges

According to the care technique, two types of hedges are distinguished - these are freely growing and sheared (or formed). The former usually form their crowns without human help, growing in the way that suits them. The second, on the contrary, can take the form of various figures at the request of the gardener. They require regular pruning of shoots. And the plants that make up such hedges should calmly tolerate the shearing process and have a dense dense crown.

Note! Most often, hedges are cut in the shape of a triangle (slope of the sides - 70-80 degrees) or trapezoid (bevel more than 10 degrees). You can often see rounded hedges - this is the most difficult option for a haircut.

Also, depending on the types of crops, such types of hedges are distinguished:

• blooming;
• curly;
• evergreens;
• deciduous.

There is another classification of hedges:

• single-breed - are formed from trees of the same species;
• combined - include various types and varieties of plants;
• tapestry - formed from plants whose branches are intertwined.

  Give the wall a wavy shape - so the hedge will look more dynamic

Advantages and disadvantages

Any hedge, whether multi-row or planted in one line, single-breed or combined, has advantages and disadvantages. Both those and others need to know in order to understand whether such a fence is needed at your summer cottage.

Advantages of hedges from plants:

• natural aesthetics;
• protection of plantations and soil on the site from erosion, exposure to strong winds;
• better retention of moisture in the soil;
• shelter from the heat in the summer.

The disadvantages of hedges:

• complex care - haircut, fertilizer, watering and much more;
• covering large areas of land;
• long time to implement the idea to get a hedge.

Hedgerow Plants

There are many plants from which a hedge can be formed. However, there are several principles that are important to observe when choosing them: for example, you should choose those crops that are suitable for growing in specific climatic conditions. It is also better to use plants that are not afraid of cold weather, tolerate a haircut and do not get sick after it. The foliage should be dense, and the shoots should be rapidly forming. Consider the main crops that are used to grow hedges.

A hedge of popular tall plants: 1) Siberian hawthorn, 2) small-leaved elm, 3) ordinary hornbeam, 4) Tatar maple, 5) golden honeysuckle, 6) small-leaved linden (lower tier - cotoneaster), 7) Berlin poplar

Lilac

This charming shrub is familiar to all thanks to fragrant lilac flowers. Lilac feels great in the temperate climate zone, frost-resistant, photophilous, loves fertile soil, copes with drought well, long-lived. The plant has a lot of varieties and species, and therefore among this variety it is easy to choose the one that you like (Amur lilac, Hungarian lilac and others).

Active flowering is observed in the summer and lasts about 2 weeks. During this period, the lilac is especially beautiful. In general, it is a rather large and lush plant.

Prices for lilac seedlings

lilac seedlings

This maple has been used in gardening for about two centuries. It is a small tree with a dense crown, which is great for growing as an element of hedges. He is especially beautiful in the autumn, when the leaves are painted in bright crimson colors. At the same time, the tree is easily trimmed and grows fast enough.

The minus of the Ginnal maple, and indeed of any maple, is the tendency to create abundant root shoots, and in the shade the leaves of the plant lose their bright color.

Juniper rock

Juniper belongs to the Cypress family. A beautiful plant with a narrow pyramidal crown. Used as a cultural since the last century. Juniper loves a lot of light, on shaded areas it loses its charm and beauty. The main drawback is that it does not like cold and does not resist frosts well. It also needs regular watering in the summer, and for the winter the crown should be tied with a rope so that the branches do not break due to the heaps of snow that have settled on them.

Juniper seedlings prices

juniper seedlings

Irga

This shrub is not only beautiful and neat, it is also useful - the berries growing on the branches of the berry are very tasty and suitable for making jams and preserves. The life span of the plant is high - up to 70 years on average, while an adult culture may resemble a tree in appearance. In general, this plant is unpretentious, calmly tolerates some shade and gas contamination of the city, as well as drought and wind. Winter hardiness of the irgi is very high.

On a note! Berries of a berryberry secrete juice, which is able to stain everything around and is poorly washed. That is why near the parking lots the irga are not used as a hedge.

Western thuja

This evergreen coniferous plant is also called the vital tree. Widely distributed in North America. Thuja is winter-hardy, tolerates the conditions of the city, is unpretentious, and therefore is now widely used in gardening. This tree, which grows very slowly, has a crown-pyramid or an ovoid crown.

Shiny cotoneaster

This shrub is used to form low hedges, since it itself is quite low (maximum 3 m). If he likes the growing conditions, then cotoneaster grows very quickly. The plant has small leaves covering the branches with a continuous green carpet. Cotoneaster is not afraid of shade, is not capricious in relation to soil, is not afraid of frost, but needs timely and regular pruning.

Table. Hedgerow crops grown in the middle lane.

Prices for cotoneaster seedlings

cotoneaster seedlings

We grow a hedge

The methods for creating a hedge on your site depend directly on the type of fence and the crops used to create it. But there are general points of the instruction that will fit all options.

Step 1.  We choose the place where the hedge will be held. Usually this is the perimeter of the site or a place along a garden path or flower bed. The place should be well lit.

Step 2  Taking into account all the rules, we select plants from which we will form a hedge. We buy seedlings.

Step 3  At the site where the hedge will be planted, we remove all weeds, dig the soil.

Step 4  Be sure to fertilize the site by adding a little fertilizer to the soil.

Step 5  We plant plants taking into account their requirements for transplantation, soil.

Attention! Remember to withstand a certain step between crops when planting. The planting step for shrub plants is at least 50 cm, for trees - 75-100 cm.

Step 6  Sprinkle a little soil along the line with mulch, water the plantings.

Step 7  Plants forming a hedge need careful care - watering, top dressing, and more.

Step 8  About once a year, the plants are trimmed with special shears, secateurs.

It is worth remembering that a hedge will not appear at one moment. The approximate period of its development and formation is 3-5 years.

Annual flower beds - schemes

Flowers are grown, as a rule, not randomly, but on flower beds, in beautifully decorated flower beds. Moreover, they are selected by color, variety of crops and many other factors. And to make flower beds from annuals, the schemes of which you will find in, on your own, you do not need to have the skills of a landscape designer.

Planting a hedge depending on the type of plant

The technology of planting hedges in some way depends on which plants will be planted. For example, deciduous hedges are often formed from purchased seedlings of trees and shrubs. Their root system is usually bare, and therefore, before planting, it is important to examine it well and, if necessary, remove rotten or diseased roots. The hole is made so large that the plant fits comfortably in it. In this case, the soil from the pit is mixed with compost and then returned to the hole.

On a note! If very tall plants are planted, then a wooden stake is driven into the bottom of the hole to support them and garter.

Planting conifers is a little easier. After digging a hole with a diameter two times larger than the roots, a plant is lowered into it and buried with compost.

Tapestry hedge is one of the most difficult to form. In this case, all plants are planted close to each other. After a couple of years, not hygienic, but total pruning of the trees is carried out, after which the strongest shoots remain - they begin to intertwine with each other at an angle of 45 degrees. In those places where the bark is in contact, it is cut off with a knife. It turns out a diamond-shaped pattern, which, if necessary, can be tied according to a knitted pattern.

Haircut rules

And finally - a few rules for pruning shrubs. Deciduous crops are trimmed immediately at the beginning of the procedure. At the same time, about 15 cm of the plant remains above the surface of the soil. And after a year of planting should be trimmed about 3-4 times during the season.

But juniper, cypress, conifers and others do not completely cut - usually they remove individual branches so that the crown is triangular.

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Video - Create a hedge

So you can get a hedge on your site. It should be prepared for the fact that it will require a lot of effort and time. It does not hurt to master the haircut technique, so that later you can perform this procedure yourself.

  Solid hedge - it's beautiful!