Hedges are popular demarcations to protect your own garden from prying eyes or to set decorative aspects. They offer several advantages over fences and walls and can be made possible from a large number of different plant species. From arborvitae to yew…
Category: Hedge plants & hedge
Hedges are a natural alternative to protecting the garden and patio from prying eyes. These fit harmoniously into the overall picture in the garden area and also offer the animal world a suitable habitat. However, not every hedge is suitable for the…
It is better to inform yourself before planting the new hedge, before there is later trouble with the new neighbors or you can no longer properly care for the plants yourself. Legal regulation of the limit distances for hedges Neighborhood…
What do you have to consider if you want to plant thuja in your garden? An often neglected topic is the depth of the roots. So here is the most important information about the root depth of trees of life. The root…
Whether a hedge plant can withstand sun, partial shade or shade best depends primarily on its origin. For example, various shrubs only grow on the shady side of a mountain. Then they usually prefer shady places in the hobby gardener’s green oasis….
Hardly any other hedge offers as much privacy as the thuja. But at some point it often becomes too high for the hobby gardener. With increasing age, the plant grows – without countermeasures – over ten meters. As a rule, of course, that…
A hedge around your own garden or property often serves as a privacy screen. But even if the hedge is to be relatively high, it must be cut regularly every year. In such a case, the question quickly arises whether the hobby…
Yellow, brown, blotchy leaves on boxwood can be harmless and grow out after a few corrections, but they can also indicate a bad fungus. There is one thing you definitely have to do, the most important thing is to first identify…
The thuja hedge will of course serve to delimit the garden, which means that the choice of location is already somewhat limited. In addition, however, the tree of life needs sun or just light shade in order to thrive and stay…
The occidental tree of life, as the plant species Thuja occidentalis is also poetically called, has produced with ‘Brabant’ a variety that is ideal for hedge planting. The cypress-like, evergreen tree, with a stature height of up to 4 meters,…