Euonymus Alatus Hedge

Well, I sent an email to J Parkers, regarding the issue of it being Evergreen or Deciduous. They responded to me last night.
It isn't Evergreen as you'd all correctly said. And they've amended their website accordingly.

Thank You all, for your new hedge ideas. If you think of any more, let me know. xxx

 

Well done for putting Parkers straight.
If you let your husband put up that fence, you could grow all sorts on it :wink:
As I mentioned before, with a trellis type structure, http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliepa...er/3743056323/ you could grow variegated evergreen Euonymus and also add a few clematis/ roses/honeysuckle/passion flowers...or whatever to add flowers.
Or trained pyracantha on a fence would give you your evergreen foliage, plus white flowers early in the year followed by red/orange or yellow berries in autumn too.

 

Ohh, that looks gorgeous Ruralgardener, really stunning. Would you like to come and design my garden for me? :hehe:
The reason why I bork at a fence, is that the hamlet we live in hardly has any fencing at all, it's all natural hedging. And whilst the plants were in their infancy growing up it, it might look a bit :usr: for a while. It doesn't help living in a conservation area either, and as the house is grade 2 listed, I want it to look right, and not too modern, so to speak. Besides which, I've never really been a fan of fences, :hehe: but the image you put up, might help to sway my rather blinkered opinion of it. :thmb: It is a lovely picture, and I bet it looks absolutely stunning in the flesh.

We have a commercial (and well regarded) nursery just down the way from where I live, and they're having a 'public' day in a week or two. So we're going to pop along to see if we can find something there for the area we want covered. I will find something to plant there, but as of yet, I have no idea what! :o

 

Ah! I am begining to get more of a 'feel' of the setting now! You are quite right to be cautious about putting up structures such as fences then, you could end up urbanising the place! Aphoto of your house and garden would be good!
The trellis fence I showed you is also in a conservation area coincidentally...but tucked away in a back garden.

I must say...in a (rural?) hamlet, I would probably aim to keep the boundary of your garden as natural as possible. Infact...I would be pretty tempted to match what is already there in other gardens if possible. I would even go as far as to say that the Lleylandii might be better out than in
My Evergreen options here would be Yew or holly. (Possibly laurel...but only if kept under control) The shrubby honeysuckle, Lonicera nitida is good for a low hedge...but I find it tends to lean once you get above a few feet and it grows much faster than box so needs more clipping. I would definitely not automatically dismiss deciduous hedging though. If a hedge is clipped, it soon forms a good screen, even during the winter. Hawthorn, Beech and Hornbeam.
I think any of these could look in keeping...not very colourful...but you could fill your garden with colour!
Good luck with your shopping spree to come....you will probably come home with something completely different to what you went for! I'm sure whatever you choose will look lovely, so long as you don't prune each plant into a lollipop shape and bed out around the base each Spring and summer :rotfl:
One word of caution, think carefully about any trees you put in the garden. It can be a real nuiscance trying to remove mistakes several years down the line in a conservation area!

 

Ain't that the truth!! :hehe:

Some time (a long time by the looks of it) before we moved in, a Willow was planted. Now, I really like the tree, and we've pruned it back several times (not too harshly mind), but it's now blooming enormous! Got to be at least 30 foot high. :skp: No matter how much we take out of it, it just grows like billyo! I've looked about seeking permission to have it removed, as the area it's in, is absolutely ideal for a decent greenhouse and veg plot. But we're in a very, very fickle council area, and getting permission to do anything, is like getting blood out of a stone.:(

So I'm also having to have a real think about where the dickens I put my 'proper' greenhouse, as and when I get it.

We are rural yes, live by an arable farm, but we're not cut off from civilisation.:hehe: We have Leyandii on the other side of the bank, and that works well that side of the drive, as it helps to screen our caravan from the drive and lane. But I wouldn't want to add any more into the garden. We have thought about Laurel, but I know it can get a bit frisky in it's growth if not kept under control. And as hubs isn't as green fingered as I'd like (I'll teach him if it kills me!) I need something that is fairly low maintenance too. I have a feeling I'm looking for the impossible!! :rotfl:
I'll take a couple of piccys this weekend. :thmb: Now son's back off his jollies; I have my camera back, so you'll be able to see the area I'm working on at the moment. It's still a work in progress, so forgive me if it looks a bit of a state.s00k

I'm bound to come back with something I've not even thought about, or looked at in my collection of books, and probably nothing for the area I want to fill. Better warn hubs wallet!! If you see a small, black leather wallet, running for it's life; you'll know where it's come from!!:hehe:

Thanks You for all your thoughts and advice, I really appreciate it. xx