Redtwig dogwood hedge spacing
smord
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Comments (3)Do you mean red twig dogwood? If so (and this is true of lots of colorfully-twigged plants), the color is deepest on the new growth, so if you don't keep cutting out the old stems you won't get lots of new growth with vibrant color. It's one of the reasons that I limit my number of red and yellow twigged dogwoods, as I want to keep the maintenance low. But perhaps you are referring to another genus. Here is a link that might be useful: Form and Foliage...See MoreWhich hedge/shrub?
Comments (11)I'll have to get a pic up. I'm in Indianapolis (zone 6a). My neighbor has a fence that runs down our property line. That fence starts at his house and runs the length of the property. We are about 40' apart from each other. Closest to the house, I started planting the gigantic grass. It's nice, grows in thick and screens his house well. That decorative grass covers about 20 feet of the fence line. I'm looking to cover the next 25-30 feet with some other type of screen... a hedge of some kind. I could continue the tall grass and I'm sure it would technically do what I want but would like some sort of "texture" in the hedge line down the neighbor's fence... something to simply break up the routine and give the feeling that the landscape changes. The goal is to get something that grows as thick as possible, I would like 10-12' high (or so), and around 6' "wide" so that I don't take up more of the yard than I need to. I don't mind pruning a hedge once a year so something that grows "big" would likely be ok as long as it doesn't require multiple prunes per year. I don't know enough about different types of hedges that grow well in the area. Near my work I found a couple things that I thought looked nice and asked a local nursery what they are. One is some type of viburnum and the other, they said, was a red twigged dogwood. After looking up the dogwood that is definitely not what I saw. Either way... simply looking for recommendations that I can look up and see what they look like, growing information, etc. Thanks again!...See MoreRed twig dogwoods in humid zone 7?
Comments (4)Sometimes I wonder about myself and other times there is no doubt. I also am growing Cornus 'Bailey's Red Twig' which grows very tall and is a glowing purple red in Winter. The large one died mysteriosly. Perhaps that is why I did not bring it up, but I took one branch and made it into foot long cuttings before there was even a sign of trouble and put them in a pot of soil. Two weeks ago I took them and planted them about, each with a huge mass of roots. They seem fine. The terrible disease affecting dogwoods seems to be only attacking C. florida and I have lost the most mature of the many growing around in the woods....See MorePlantings for near my shed-- red Twig Dogwood?
Comments (18)My long term plan is to have Skip Laurel along the fence. Perhaps these could function as a 'break' for those... I will try to get a better picture (I may have some posted on older threads on this site, actually), but right now I have: -3 Prague Viburnum, at one end of the fence, spaced a bit away from the fence as there is a mature Oak just on other side of fence -some space (6'? 10'?) then the sapling Redbud tree, 6' off the fence -some space (6'? 10'?) then 2 Skip Laurel -some space (6'? 10'?) then there is a mature Sweetgum tree, again, just on other side of fence -some space (6'? 10'?) then another 3 Skip laurel The viburnum, Skip Laurel and Redbud are all new plantings last September. After the last batch of 3 Skip Laurel, there is quite a lot of space until you get to that Holly near the shed. The plan is to get about another 6 or so skips, and plant in a hedge. The Skip's are pricey, so I am waiting to buy until the budget is there :) Maybe I can add these Red Twigs in between the Skips... Go 3 skips, Red Twig, 3 skips......See Moresmord
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