I quite enjoy making blanks from wood from the trees in our garden - currently we have pear / apple / yew / plum / walnut / laurel(!) - we need to plant some more plants to fill in gaps in the hedge - it is a 135ft mature hedge but which hasn't been looked after so has had to have some dramatic remedial work leaving some gaps - the gardener is suggesting hazel to fill in the gaps (good traditional hedge fodder) but I wondered whether there was anything else worth planting with the aim of being able to eventually trim some branches for turning! - random I know!
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Planting trees for blanks...
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Hallelujahal
Graduate Member
Box?
alan morrison
Fellow
Holly, Blackthorn, Sorbus, Berberis, Cherry.
alan morrison
Fellow
Prunus serrula grows to around 5 +metres and has the loveliest bark of all. Will be more expensive than hedgeing plants.
Native cherries....Prunus padus and P. avium can be pruned in late spring.
Current plans have us here for the next 30 years!Remember that the next owner of the property may benefit from the wood as by the time some trees will grow large enough to be harvested you may well be long gone
howsitwork?
Graduate Member
cherry has the added benefit of fruit to consume meanwhileCurrent plans have us here for the next 30 years!
true - though our only cherry is an ornamental cherry...
our plum trees though are prolific - a few years ago we had about 10,000 plums from them (mirabelle plums - small sweet and delicious!)
Hornbeam