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Port Wine Magnolia Hedge
Port Wine Magnolia Hedge If you want to grow a hedge that flowers, it is important to choose plants that flower on old wood. That way, you can prune and shape the new growth without cutting off all the flower buds. The port wine magnolia, as seen in our segment, is an excellent choice for a flowering hedge. It does flower on old wood, and it produces heavily perfumed, small flowers in spring. Plant details Common name: Port wine magnolia Botanic...
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Hedge to tolerate frost and heat?
...ange in colour or anything other than dark green Type of Plant (if known): Hedge Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): None Soil Type (e.g. sandy, clay or loam) OR Potting Mix Type: Clay How often do you water the plant: Can water with grey water as much as needed as on farm How many hours of sunlight does the plant get each day: Full sun to part shade What type of plant is it: Hedge How long since you plan...
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Creeping Fig Hedge
...te a lovely, soft visual effect in the garden with a Clayton’s hedge – the hedge you have when you don’t really have a hedge. An ugly masonry fence along the front of a house was completely covered by a creeping fig (Ficus pumila), giving it the appearance of a hedge. Plant details Common name: Creeping fig Botanic name: Ficus pumila Description: A vigorous, climbing fig that attaches itself to surfaces by means of aerial roots. It has crinkly, he...
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Don’s Expert Answers: borer grubs and scale on lilypily hedge
...Type of Plant (if known): I have a 5 year old Resilience Psyllid resistant hedge comprising about 17 plants. It looks healthy on the outside with lots of new growth. Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): White things on the lower branches of most plants (more noticeable in the shaded sections of the hedge). Nursery said it is scale and suggested white oil which I have applied about 5 times now. When I began...
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Tapestry Hedge
If you’re tired of hedges that are boring and predictable, a tapestry hedge is a very attractive option. Tapestry hedges are made up of a range of different plants, chosen for foliage colour, texture, flowers, berries and fragrance. In our segment Don showed a charming tapestry hedge made up of abelia (Abelia x grandiflora), variegated pittosporum (Pittosporum eugenioides ‘Variegatum’) and euonymus (Euonymus japonicus ‘Ovatus Aureu...
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Don’s Expert Answers: Pruning a hedge
...able: Other Comments: Hi, I’m just wanting to know how much of a Min-a-min hedge I can prune? It is about 70cm high but has only ever had a couple of flowers. We prune once a year but maybe at the wrong time…… Should we prune more often (and when) and, if so, how much can we take off to bring it down a bit? Thank you. Answer: Hi Marie, You can prune it whenever you like, to any size. Min-a-Min is a miniature variety of Murraya paniculata. It doesn...
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Don’s Tips: Patchy Hedge
Patchy Hedge If you need privacy, it’s hard to beat a hedge. Hedges also can add great design effects to otherwise bland and boring garden areas. There are so many great hedging plants: Box hedge plants, gardenias, murrayas, lillypillies, photinias and many more. Most plant nurseries have a range of hedging plants for sale. One problem with hedges is that sometimes one or two plants just don’t do well… What do you do? Well DON’T phaff around …. T...
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Don’s Expert Answers: my muraya hedge which is about 6 eyars old jsut doens’t seem to grow . In full west sun all day in clay soil.
.... In full west sun all day in clay soil. Type of Plant (if known): Muraya hedge Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): yellow and not growing Soil Type (e.g. sandy, clay or loam) OR Potting Mix Type: clay How often do you water the plant: not very regularly How many hours of sunlight does the plant get each day: all day How long since you planted it: 5 years Have you fertilised? If so, with what and when: b...
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Golden Privet Hedge
...unlikely to make things worse. Nonetheless if you grow privet as a trimmed hedge make sure you trim off the flowers and fruit. Privet is a hardy plant that grows well in Australian conditions and makes a great hedge if you’re prepared to put in the work to clip it. There are also some forms that have golden shades through them. Warning Some privets are declared noxious weeds in most shires of New South Wales (not in other states or territories) wh...
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Planting Privacy Hedge Near Pipes
...m: Want to plant acmena smithii ‘goodbye neighbours’ as a privacy screen / hedge against our fence, however 2x 100mm PVC water drainage pipes run under the ground in the area. Does this plant have invasive roots which could crack / ruin the pipes? Am getting conflicting advice. Thank you. Type of Plant (if known): acmena smithii (syzygium smithii) Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): nil Soil Type (e.g. sa...
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Don’s Expert Answers: Part of Hedge all Woody
...m: in Mount Ousley , Wollongong New South Wales Nature of problem: Part of Hedge all Woody Type of Plant (if known): Azalea (Alba Magnifica) Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): Another weed/tree was growing in the roots. It has since been cut out but only dead wood and very minimum leaf left on azalea. Soil Type (e.g. sandy, clay or loam) OR Potting Mix Type: Clay/soil How often do you water the plant: Ra...
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Don’s Expert Answers: Identifying our Hedge
...green oval leaves with a rough edge, small (4mm) pale green/white flower. Hedged at 1.75m tall, 1.25m wide and 20m long. Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): N/A Soil Type (e.g. sandy, clay or loam) OR Potting Mix Type: Clay How often do you water the plant: Once a week How many hours of sunlight does the plant get each day: Full Sunlight How long since you planted it: Unknown, potentially 20+ years Have...
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