A border of flowering and fruit trees not only offers a lot to the eye. Due to the mixture of evergreen, attractively flowering and fruit-bearing trees, the hedge is a good privacy screen and at the same time a valuable habitat for many animals.

Hydrangeas are also ideal for the colorful hedge

Step one: where should there be year-round privacy?

Prying eyes are not always desired in the garden. Therefore, draw a planting plan in which you mark the places where evergreen plants provide privacy all year round.

Suitable shrubs are:

  • medlar
  • Japanese holly
  • creep spindle
  • oleaster
  • hawthorn

Step two: flowering shrubs

Here you should plan well so that the shrubs start flowering one after the other. As a result, you can enjoy a sea of flowers from spring through to summer. Flowering shrubs also produce fruits that animals can feast on and which are attractive ornaments at the same time.

Popular, flowering hedge shrubs are:

  • peasant jasmine
  • bloodcurrant
  • lilac
  • forsythia
  • Kolkwitzie
  • snowball
  • weigela
  • White panicle spikes

Step three: Shrubs with particularly attractive foliage

Now your planning is well advanced and the future hedge is relatively dense. A few shrubs are still missing that score with colorful autumn leaves or unusually shaped leaves. These are for example:

  • gold privet
  • bubble spar
  • Blood Hazelnut
  • Harlequin willow
  • Hedge Barberry
  • witch hazel

Step Four: The Planting

Please note the planting distance recorded in the plan, for which size and branching are decisive. A guideline for not too densely growing, colorful plantings is one to two bushes per meter. If you want a very natural hedge, even a bush at 150 centimeters is sufficient.

  • Plant in spring or autumn.
  • Dig a trench twice as wide and deep as the root ball.
  • Loosen the ground well. Improve heavily compacted soils with gravel or sand.
  • Place shrubs in a water bath until no more air bubbles rise.
  • Distribute plants according to the plan in the excavated pit.
  • Align bushes so they stand up straight.
  • Backfill with topsoil mixed with a little sand depending on the soil structure.
  • Pour plenty. This mudding closes the open cavities of the roots.

tips

When planting a hedge, keeping distances is essential. When considering border planting, be sure to check your community's local regulations. If necessary, also involve your neighbors in the planning of the hedge.

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Garden design