i want to plant a new informal hedge can i plant it on my boundary line?

Question

my neighbour suggests that i should plant the hedge 1.2metres inside my boundary so that the outer edge of the blackthorn will be on the boundary .

Answer 1

your neighbor has a good idea as anything that grows over the property line is well within their rights to trim or prune off

Answer 2

I really wouldn't plant Blackthorn. the previous owners here did. It sends shoots from the roots up to 6foot away from the parent plant, I spent my life cutting them off, digging up root and sawing off the ones I missed and painting the stumps with neat brush killer! (we border on farmland so it does not effect the neighbours)The Sloe gin is however delicious! Hawthorn behaves much better, Beech is great, Rosa rugosa and even dog rose are good too for a wild looking mixed hedge. If it is between 2 houses why not choose escalonia, berberis, pyracantha( my absolute favorite). I can see your neghbours point but I think I would cut that down to about 3ft MAX. If you plant Blackthorn you will inevitably fall out with your neighbours, it
grows over 2ft ayear once your start cutting it and it's absolutely vicious, make sure you wear leather gauntlets. I know pyracantha is thorny but it is often evergreen has superb berries you could mix the red yellow and more usual orange. Doesn't produce sloes though!

Answer 3

In general terms there is always merit in approaching your neighbour first.Remember you are not asking for permission.aA1.2 metre width is fair and has merit.Think of the long term consequences.Planting the hedge this distance inside your boundary will minimise damage that may arise caused by large roots.Secondly leaves falling into the neighbour's garden can cause ill feelings.... Discuss with your neighbour your intentions and make him believe that it the hedge will be more environmentally friendly and that he is also going to benefit by it.Your hedge should be an asset some thing to enjoy and not painful regret.

Answer 4

They advance very dense and can be easily trimmed or left to advance. observing the variety, they are going to be 3-10' extensive. growing to be 6-12" upward a year, they are in a position to be crowned at any height to maintain a ideal demonstrate. Arborvitae prefers loamy or heavy soil to dry, sandy soil. They tolerate reasonable coloration and advance acceptable in comprehensive solar. Drought, interior the final 5 years, has adversely affected some arborvitae and made them liable to bugs. In July and August, examine your plant life for stress and water heavily, if mandatory. at the instant of year, the main severe insect pests are glaring. The college of Maine Cooperative Extension, a library, or your nursery expert could help become attentive to an insect concern

Answer 5

Your neighbor is correct. If your hedge is leafing out on to his side of the property, he has the right to chop it off which might ruin your lovely hedge! My neighbor disfigured a very nice shrub with his hedge clipper and threw the clippings back into MY yard!

Answer 6

Your neighbor has given good advice.If it hangs over the neighbors property It may cause trouble now or later and its just easier to avoid trouble than to possibly cause it.We often don't get to keep the same neighbor who says " no Problem"

Answer 7

your boundary is exactly that!! the extent of your proprty, if you wish to plant a hedge 1cm away you can just like he can cut anything over hanging it,

Answer 8

you cant plant it on the line because it will grow onto his property da