27 June 2012 ,13:21 Think outside the square
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 beyond.
 
 

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A constant learning curve, gardening is all about trial and error. Knowledge grows from sharing information between friends, passing down through generations, or just getting it wrong a few times before you get it right. It's about getting grubby outside and aching from digging too much, but then feeling that fall away when you get your first flower or prize fruit off a new tree... and getting so excited you need to tell everyone.

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