We took the weekend of the 12th and 13th off as we needed some well earned rest as working through each weekend was taking it's toll especially with the state of the wettest summer on record in Ireland hampering our efforts.
Back on site the weekend of the 19th & 20th where we got back to work on the Shed layout - setup the shuttering and backfilled areas around the shed on Saturday the 19th. Sunday the 19th we set about looking at hedging! We had researched the traditional hedging in Ireland and made our lists.
The hedging we want to plant to give good screening as well as wind protection were as follows:
Elaeagnus x ebbinegii (Oleaster) - evergeen - height 6-8ft tall (spaced 1.5 ft apart)
Elaeagnus Pungens 'Maculata' (Variegated Oleaster) - evergeen - hight 6-8ft tall (spaced 1.5 ft)
Taxus Baccata (Yew) - evergreen - height upto 40ft - spaced 2ft
Fuchsia "Riccartonii" - deciduous - height upto 6ft- spaced 1.5 ft
Escallonia 'Macrutha' - Evergreen - height 6-8ft - spaced 1.5 ft
Fagus Sylvatica 'Green Beech' - Deciduous - height 6-8ft - spaced 1 ft
Fagus Sylvatica 'Atropurpurea' Copper Beech - deciduous - height 6-8ft
Native Irish Hazel
Native Irish Gueler Rose
Native Irish Dog Rose
We set about trying to source the above hedging and have totally failed in sourcing them so far. We have been promised a contact name for a supplier of native irish hedging but this has as yet to be fulfilled!!
So on Sunday, when we hoped to get just a few of the above list and start planting the hedging at the back of the site, we felt despondant.
My mother had some slippings growing from her hedging in her back garden and gave them to us. Even though these were not our list we took the chance to plant these so at least there will be some hedge growth to the rear of the site.
Boy it was such hard work digging out the ground for planting. We need better tools or shovels or something that will get through the thick growth and hard ground!!!
We worked out that if at 7-9 euro's per plant - the hedging cost alone to only 3 sides of the perimter will cost us 4,000 euro ... madness.
We will continue our search for planting and scour as many forums, garden centres, tree&shrub nurseries for the best deal so we can get our hedging planted over the next 3 months so this time next year they will have grown some bit and look good around our completed house!!!!
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Not sure where the site is but I used future forrests, near Bantry, Cork. I think they have a website futureforrests.net, I bought all bare root slips and they have turned out fine and a fraction of the costs of potted plants. The other plant to include is willow I added a few willow and now anywhere I have a space I simply taking a cutting and pop it in the ground and it takes really well. I was warned about putting in larger plants as if they are too big the wind will simply blow them over as their roots are not strong enough, where as the slips will take fine. I am near the coast and all of the plante mentioned are doing fine here.
A forum I found when looking for info on the hedging for my build was Irishgardeners.com
It has a section totally devoted to irish trees and hedging here http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about1031.html
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