Posted by Laura Corin on June 24, 2011, 5:27 pm
I'm glad to have found this site - I certainly could do with some
advice. We moved to Fife about three years ago and bought a house. It
has more garden than we would have chosen, but we needed to buy fast. I
haven't gardened much in the past, but I watched my mother garden when I
was small.
The garden is about three acres. One acre around the house, which has
an area fenced against rabbits; one acre of field/wildflowers, with
newly-planted fruit trees; one acre of sycamore windbreak which we have
thinned and replanted with native species. We are on the top of small
hill with a south-west oriented valley on one side and the North Sea
five miles to the east on the other, so the garden is pretty exposed.
We have some leylandii windbreak planting to the south west of the
rabbit-fenced area, but are growing a deciduous windbreak to replace it
in a few years.
This summer's plans: husband is felling another windbreak so that we can
replant with something more attractive. Meanwhile I'm planning the new
windbreak planting, admiring a new bed I just planted, and dreaming
about a willow garden beyond the fruit trees in a hollow.
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Laura Corin
Posted by David WE Roberts on June 25, 2011, 3:24 am
> I'm glad to have found this site - I certainly could do with some
> advice. We moved to Fife about three years ago and bought a house. It
> has more garden than we would have chosen, but we needed to buy fast. I
> haven't gardened much in the past, but I watched my mother garden when I
> was small.
> The garden is about three acres. One acre around the house, which has
> an area fenced against rabbits; one acre of field/wildflowers, with
> newly-planted fruit trees; one acre of sycamore windbreak which we have
> thinned and replanted with native species. We are on the top of small
> hill with a south-west oriented valley on one side and the North Sea
> five miles to the east on the other, so the garden is pretty exposed.
> We have some leylandii windbreak planting to the south west of the
> rabbit-fenced area, but are growing a deciduous windbreak to replace it
> in a few years.
> This summer's plans: husband is felling another windbreak so that we can
> replant with something more attractive. Meanwhile I'm planning the new
> windbreak planting, admiring a new bed I just planted, and dreaming
> about a willow garden beyond the fruit trees in a hollow.
Laura,
welcome - sounds as though you have a lot of scope to experiment.
One thing - leylandii do have a lot of bad press but they do make very good
windbreaks.
Do you really want to replace an evergreen windbreak with a deciduous
windbreak?
I would have thought you would need the protection over winter at least as
much as in the summer and they do make a very dense high hedge.
Cheers
Dave R
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[Not even bunny]
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Posted by Kate Morgan on June 25, 2011, 3:49 am
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> This summer's plans: husband is felling another windbreak so that we can
> replant with something more attractive. Meanwhile I'm planning the new
> windbreak planting, admiring a new bed I just planted, and dreaming
> about a willow garden beyond the fruit trees in a hollow.
Laura,
welcome - sounds as though you have a lot of scope to experiment.
One thing - leylandii do have a lot of bad press but they do make very good
windbreaks.
Do you really want to replace an evergreen windbreak with a deciduous
windbreak?
I would have thought you would need the protection over winter at least as
much as in the summer and they do make a very dense high hedge.
Cheers
Dave R
I agree with Dave R re. Leylandii making a very good windbreak, we have a
row of old ones and they provide brilliant shelter, I would not be without
them.
kate
Posted by Christina Websell on June 25, 2011, 4:39 pm
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> snip
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>> This summer's plans: husband is felling another windbreak so that we can
>> replant with something more attractive. Meanwhile I'm planning the new
>> windbreak planting, admiring a new bed I just planted, and dreaming
>> about a willow garden beyond the fruit trees in a hollow.
> Laura,
> welcome - sounds as though you have a lot of scope to experiment.
> One thing - leylandii do have a lot of bad press but they do make very
> good
> windbreaks.
> Do you really want to replace an evergreen windbreak with a deciduous
> windbreak?
> I would have thought you would need the protection over winter at least as
> much as in the summer and they do make a very dense high hedge.
> Cheers
> Dave R
> I agree with Dave R re. Leylandii making a very good windbreak, we have a
> row of old ones and they provide brilliant shelter, I would not be without
> them.
The problem with Leylandii is they are often planted in inappropriate
places, small gardens where they get out of control and they do get very bad
press. Laura sounds like she has plenty of room for them and they are
effective windbreaks.
I have some Lawson's cypress, which are similar and I love them. They are
brilliant for birds to nest in and goldcrests love them too.
I agree with Dave and Kate. I'd definitely keep them in a garden of that
size.
Tina
Posted by Bob Hobden on June 25, 2011, 3:25 am
"Laura Corin" wrote
> I'm glad to have found this site - I certainly could do with some
> advice. We moved to Fife about three years ago and bought a house. It
> has more garden than we would have chosen, but we needed to buy fast. I
> haven't gardened much in the past, but I watched my mother garden when I
> was small.
> The garden is about three acres. One acre around the house, which has
> an area fenced against rabbits; one acre of field/wildflowers, with
> newly-planted fruit trees; one acre of sycamore windbreak which we have
> thinned and replanted with native species. We are on the top of small
> hill with a south-west oriented valley on one side and the North Sea
> five miles to the east on the other, so the garden is pretty exposed.
> We have some leylandii windbreak planting to the south west of the
> rabbit-fenced area, but are growing a deciduous windbreak to replace it
> in a few years.
> This summer's plans: husband is felling another windbreak so that we can
> replant with something more attractive. Meanwhile I'm planning the new
> windbreak planting, admiring a new bed I just planted, and dreaming
> about a willow garden beyond the fruit trees in a hollow.
Welcome to this Newsgroup (please Google it).
I envy you your space but not your position, Leylandii do not make good
windbreaks in exposed positions, I've seen one planted in north Cornwall
that has taken such a battering it had to be removed before it started to do
it's job. Best to ask at a local Forestry Supplier or tree nursery which
trees are suitable for your position.
Some sites I found....
http://www.gcnursery.co.uk/windbreak.html (but not all suggested will be
suitable for you)
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pidb4
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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
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> advice. We moved to Fife about three years ago and bought a house. It
> has more garden than we would have chosen, but we needed to buy fast. I
> haven't gardened much in the past, but I watched my mother garden when I
> was small.
> The garden is about three acres. One acre around the house, which has
> an area fenced against rabbits; one acre of field/wildflowers, with
> newly-planted fruit trees; one acre of sycamore windbreak which we have
> thinned and replanted with native species. We are on the top of small
> hill with a south-west oriented valley on one side and the North Sea
> five miles to the east on the other, so the garden is pretty exposed.
> We have some leylandii windbreak planting to the south west of the
> rabbit-fenced area, but are growing a deciduous windbreak to replace it
> in a few years.
> This summer's plans: husband is felling another windbreak so that we can
> replant with something more attractive. Meanwhile I'm planning the new
> windbreak planting, admiring a new bed I just planted, and dreaming
> about a willow garden beyond the fruit trees in a hollow.
Laura,