Hedges planting

Privet (Ligustrum vulgare) is also a shrub native to Europe. It can take substantial abuse, and so has become the most widely planted hedge plant in the United States. Privet produces flowers in May, and blue-black berries in summer which are eaten by birds. Birds disperse the seeds within the berries, and have thereby naturalized privet through much of the United States. 

Golden bell (Forsythia viridissima and several other species of Forsythia) is a cultivated shrub which is native to China. Golden bell has twigs which are yellow-brown in color, and it produces brilliant, yellow flowers in early spring. Like privet, it is a popular hedge plant. 

J. O. Becker, R. W. Hedges, and E. Mes.sens, Inhibitory effect of pseudobactin on the uptake of iron by higher plants, App. Environ. Microbiol. 49 1090 (1985). 

B. Handley, A. J. Hedges, and J. E. Beringer, Importance of the host plants for detecting the population diversity of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae in. soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 30 241-249 (1988). 

Today the walk up from New Eltham station to the Chantry is sunny, the suburban gardens bright with well-pruned roses and bedding plants laid out by ruler. Somehow the drone of a lawn-mower is as peaceful as the hum of bees in a meadow. When I reach the Chantry, the trees, which in my memory are hedges no higher than my head, hold the house and workshop in thick shadow. And when Uncle Gareth leads me into the house itself, the shadows are thicker still. 

Tea bags, tea leaves, and coffee grounds Remains of vegetable plants Strawy animal manures Cut flowers Soft hedge clippings... 

The welcome mat Providing food as well as shelter will entioe wildlife in and persuade them to stay. This lovely informal hedging combination inoludes bright-hipped wild roses and the fluffy seedheads of Clematis vitalba. More plants offering both living room and pantry are featured opposite. 

Hie garden framework Lumber and stone usually make up the "hard landscaping" of the garden, while plants could be termed the "soft furnishings." There are design choices to be made hedges and lawns, for example, are "soft" alternatives to fences and paving. 

Heckman DS, Geiser DM, Eidell BR, Stauffer RL, Kardos NL, Hedges SB (2001) Molecular Evidence for the Early Colonization of Land by Fungi and Plants. Science 293 1129... 

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