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Salisbury, Noel wrote:

If your box become unhappy - perhaps an alternative would be Beech
Hedging?   This is the only stuff I can get to grow
under the very dense shade of tree Beech - and I'd suggest even shadier
than Field Maple  (admittedly a heavy-shader) or

Pear ( a rather lighter-shade than A. campastre.

When you think about it - the 'juniors' have to be tolerated by the
'parents' - or there would never be any self-generating

Beech woods !

Because they are going to be planted in a relatively 'tough' environment
- I'd recommend a staggered/double-row of plants
(40-60 Bare-Roots ) - planted 18" / 45cm apart between plants-in-the-row

& 15" / 30cm between rows. (This works out to

5.25 plants/lin.metre )

Practically evergreen & the dead leaves hang-on until the following

Spring.

Cheaper to buy than Box   ( by approx. 5x - as Box has to be
containered/container-grown/rootballed )

Negligible difference in trimming costs.    One could 'integrate'  a few
purple/copper plants for an occasional variation.



Noel Salisbury
Landscape/Technical Officer
Tel:01524 - 582471
E-mail:-  nsalisbury@xxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk


-----Original Message-----

From: Wallbank, Alan [mailto:Alan.Wallbank@xxxxxxxx.gov.uk]

Sent: 15 November 2007 11:16

To: UK Tree Care
Subject: Underplanting new trees



Hello all

Should be a straighforward one this:

What's the consensus on underplanting some new extra-heavy standard
street trees ( Pryus Chanticlere and Acer campestre) with box hedging?
I'm worried the competition from the box will undermine the trees'
efforts to establish themselves, but would like some feedback. (If you
search the net for this you find stuff on how the trees compete with
your garden shrubs but not t'other way round!) I've advised on including
OM and upgrading the topsoil to BS3882 premium grade, but would still
like some informed comment on whether it's a good idea to underplant
straight away. I seem to have some vague idea that box is a hungry plant
too.

Alan



Alan Wallbank
Arboricultural Officer
Environmental Maintenance
Telford and Wrekin Council
Granville House
St Georges Road
Donnington Wood
Telford TF2 7RA
'Direct line 01952 384747
Or Customer Services 01952 384384
*alan.wallbank@xxxxxxxx.gov.uk

Fax: 01952 384701

www.telford.gov.uk

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