Colorful Garden Chat Picture Thread

So now, as promised, the pictures …. We planted the hedge in April 2020, we bought container-grown plants 80-100cm tall. Everything has grown really well so far and I am also satisfied. I just don’t know where to cut it now so that it becomes dense … my father-in-law simply cut it off at the top in their first picture … at those points, it then sprouted more but very tall, very crooked … we did not cut the others at the top in the other pictures, but they are now also significantly smaller (about 30cm smaller) …

so do you cut the top off or not and does each stem need such a support stake, I have seen this sometimes in other new builds?
and do you not cut the hedge in the first few years or do you cut it then so that it becomes denser?

Don’t worry. The hedge is quite young. The spacing also looks correctly close.
I’ve read that the main stem grows taller when it senses through its side branches that it can’t grow further there.
If I calculate... ours is 7 years old, fully dense since 2018 (except at the bottom). Satisfied roughly in the fourth year. But we started with 120cm tall bare-root plants...
We did not equalize the heights or cut there. But for us, they were always somehow the same height.
Also, as you write, I naturally always trimmed the side shoots a bit so that more shoots come out there. Whether that was right or not, I don’t know. Hornbeam needs patience. Yours :)
Some didn’t make it, we reordered (online trade) I think we had 80 plants and had to complain about 20.

Be patient with yourself, and then one day you will have a beautiful hedge

2018 (4 years)

Thank you, we decided to go with hornbeam instead of cherry laurel. ;)

If you like Pinterest garden pictures, then this is not for you. They shed the dry leaves starting in spring – that takes work, or you practice tolerance and respect for nature ;)

If you like Pinterest garden pictures, then this is not for you. They shed their dry leaves starting in spring – that’s work, or you practice tolerance and respect for nature ;)

That’s exactly why I want it! ;)

So far, I have always gone for evergreen plants because I want privacy even in winter. Didn’t know there was something like the hornbeam. Leaves are just leaves after all, I just bought a leaf blower, so it’s not such a big deal... ;)

And of course I would try to get a mulberry tree to bear fruit.

May I ask why try?

They are self-pollinators, by the way we have 2 of them.

Bought at 70cm tall, one is already 1.5 meters tall after one year and had a whopping 15 berries :D:D

I thought the other one was dried out and transplanted it, suddenly it recovered.

Exactly for that reason I want it! ;)

So far I have always gone for evergreen plants, because I also want privacy in winter.
I didn't know there was something like the hornbeam.
Leaves are just how they are, I just bought a leaf blower, so it's not that bad... ;)

We ended up with Ligustrum Atrovirens with a similar goal. They become very dense, fine-leaved, and easy to trim

We ended up with a similar goal with the Ligustrum Atrovirens. They become very dense, fine-leaved, and easy to trim

That is also a very beautiful hedge. But unlike a hornbeam, it's pure boredom ;) … which isn’t even shown here ;) … no one is interested in our cherry laurel piece either, it’s that boring.