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| 27 June 2012 ,15:21
Think outside the square
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Jody Rigby
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Now here’s a cool idea I saw at a job this morning, A curved hedge!
Definitely a creative take on hedging, these Cupressus hedges have been overlapped
behind/in front of each other and pruned to form two sickle-topped walls of green. They
act as a great frame for the view of the park beyond. One
thing that you must remember with any creative hedging like this is that you have to start
remedial pruning from a tender age to slowly fill in the areas that have been cut back,
especially with woody trees like this cypress that has a tendency to develop a lot of
woody material towards the centre of the plant. More frequent trims, rather than
‘every-so-often’ hacks are the way to go. This style of pruning will work best
with small foliage trees/shrubs so that you get a dense curve with no gaps. Things like
lily pilies, box, yew and escallonias would work well. This
technique would be useful to frame a vista, show off a feature wall, or even give the
illusion of a secret passage or area
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