By Sid
Hereford,
United Kingdom 
Beech/hornbeam and holly? I am going to order some hedging plants and was wondering about a mixture of one of these two with a proportion of holly mixed in, the idea being I'd end up in winter with a nice bronzy hedge with dark green bits. Would this work though? Has anyone seen this done? Is there likely to be problems with different rates of growth?
23 Nov, 2014
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Only thing wrong with Holly is the leaves are very unpleasant to work with, so any border next to the hedge would be painful to weed. Believe me I knows!
23 Nov, 2014
It would look attractive though. Have a look for J.C. van Tol, which is supposed to be thornless.
23 Nov, 2014
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Sounds lovely Sid. I have a couple of hedges with privet, laurel, hawthorne, holly and ivy mixed in and they seem to cope with it. Its known as a tapestry hedge which is a pretty name.
23 Nov, 2014