I bought a house which doesn't have a fence and a tree.
Instead of fence I want make formal hedge around my house.
Which kind of trees are suitabale for this purpose? A guy I met in the neighbourhood nursery advised me a Emerald cedar. I'd like to make a dense looking hedge, and doen't want it spread so much.
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Out here in the Fraser Valley there are hedging cedar nurseries every where. The Chilliwack Corn has almost all been replaced. A healthy cedar will grow about a foot per year. Smaragd is a good columnar variety. Pyramidalis is [obviously] more triangular. Arborvitae gives a similar look to that of a cedar hedge.
I have an old boxwood [Buxus] hedge on two sides of my property. It stays a beautiful green and needs clipping twice a year to keep it to it's 4 1/2 ft. Always use manual hedge clippers as the electric often do a chew-job. I use the clippings to propagate more or in wreaths for Christmas.
Other hedge suggestions are Photinia [great reddish new foliage - clip often] and Lilac. Yew have been used for centuries in Britain. Roses are often used, but ensure you pick appropriate bushy varieties.
I needed a fence to separate my property so I planted a row of Bridalwreath Spirea. This excellent spring-flowering shrub has double white blooms that cover the entire plant and bright green foliage. They grow 4-9' tall and 6-8' wide.
I personally think these shrubs make the most attactive hedge, they are just beautiful when all in bloom!