{"id":2544,"date":"2009-12-21T16:56:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T16:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2019-10-20T14:04:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T13:04:52","slug":"types-of-plants-hedges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/types-of-plants-hedges\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of Plants &#8211; Hedges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hedges are trees or shrubs which are planted close together to form a continuous row of foliage. They are usually cut to maintain a particular shape and height. Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/types-of-plants-hedges\/\">Hedges<\/a> page for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Care:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose healthy plants either bare rooted or container grown<\/li>\n<li>Clear the ground of all weeds<\/li>\n<li>The addition of organic matter or fertilisers is not required unless the soil is particularly sandy<\/li>\n<li>Water the plants well before planting<\/li>\n<li>Plant at regular intervals in holes big enough not to constrict the roots<\/li>\n<li>Water in well and apply a mulch to help retain moisture and keep down weeds<\/li>\n<li>Some species benefit from being pruned immediately after planting, check the label for details<\/li>\n<li>Shoots should be reduced to about 10cm<\/li>\n<li>Most deciduous plants should be reduced to about one-third in the autumn after planting<\/li>\n<li>Evergreens and informal hedges should not be cut-back until they are at least a year old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unfortunately we don&#8217;t have any hedges on our property. Here are some examples of plants which make great hedges.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 580px\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"width: 193px\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">Fagus sylvatica &#8211; Common Beech<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"beech\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GE\/beech.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"146\"\/>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 193px\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">Pyracantha Red Column &#8211; Firethorn<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"pyracantha\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GE\/pyracantha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"146\"\/>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 193px\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">Taxus baccata \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0English Yew<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"yew\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GE\/yew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"146\"\/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hedges are trees or shrubs which are planted close together to form a continuous row of foliage. They are usually cut to maintain a particular shape and height.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1637],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-flowers-and-plants","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2544"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15701,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544\/revisions\/15701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}