Hedges—Living Walls of the Garden 
EAUTY and comfort are found in sheltered places. 
Wind is the first enemy of the gardener. 
Hedges offer a wide variety of protection—from the masonry evergreen effect of Yew and 
Hemlock to the plumey tall screen of Poplars. Cost depends almost entirely upon the size of plant 
used—never plant an inferior kind of hedge because the best kind seems costly. Rather plant the 
right kind 
in small size. 
SOME HEDGE SHAPES 
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Tsuga canadensis gives a fine, 
dark green 
Hemlock Hedge 
surface. 
even, 
Thrives in soils ranging 
smooth 
from ordinary to damp, and from full sun to 
full shade. 
Two 
hedges: Thuja and Poplars 


Hedges Must Grow 
No hedge can be kept per- 
manently at any fixed height 
—they must be allowed to 
keep some new growth. Usu- 
ally an inch a year is enough 
—or more can be allowed if 
desired. When a hedge is old 
Hedges Must Eat 
Starving a hedge usually re- 
sults in a sickly and diseased 
row of bushes. Fertilize if you 
want a good hedge. It makes 
‘em grow, and you have to 
prune all the more, but you 
have a nice hedge. 
Start Small 
and large, the only thing to 
do is to prune very severely Experis ogres Slat aeues 
hedges sHould be started from 
and then let the soft new one to two feet high — or 
growth come back for a year. smaller. 
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: PLANTS BE eee cs 
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ayes Par PoPEEA Psa ress Ween pleas 
EVERGREENS 
l/, + +Chamaecyparis plumosa Ss 6 3 med. 
2 Pseudotsuga douglasi S 8 5 fast 
14, Taxus cuspidata (capitata) S 8 4 med. 
] ‘. “nana S 2 2 slow , 
oY = (spreading) Pp 3 4 med. 
Vp “ canadensis stricta S ] Vo slow 
l/h “media Hicksii 3 6 2 med. 
l'/p a Kelseyi iS 5 8 med. 
ly, ~=Thuja occidentalis P 6 2 med. 
1%, Tsuga canadensis S 8 5 fast 
EVERGREEN SHRUBS 
1,  Buxus sempervirens S ) 3 slow 
Y, n “  suffruticosa Ss ] 1p) slow 
i “ Koreana S l 1 slow 
1%  Euonymus rad. vegetus, S) 3 5 fast 
2 Laurocerasus schipkaensis P 3 4 fast 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
l Berberis thunbergii S 3 3 med, 
] ‘: “erecta S 3 ] med. 
2/, % “minor S 2 2 slow. 
] Ligustrum Ibolium S 5 3 fast 
Yo * ovalifolium S 6 3 fast 
2 Maclura pomifera P 12 8 fast 
14%  Rhamnus cathartica 5 8 5 fast 
1,  Euonymus alatus compacta S 5 4 med. 
DECIDUOUS TREES 
wy Carpinus caroliniana P 12 6 med. 
Z Populus nigra italica — 29 5 fast 
Z Ulmus pumila Ss 1$ 7 fast 
