A hedge or a living fence is a unique attribute of the design of a residential area. Depending on the desire and need, it can be of different heights and density. Some plants that make up a living fence can add color variety to the overall green background. A live fence will perfectly protect the estate from wind and dust, wild and domestic animals. And it's not easy for a person to get through a dense wall of plants.
Types of living fences
Living fences, depending on the purpose, can be different in height, composition, number of rows, formation. Most often, a live fence performs the function of delimiting zones on the site, or is directly a hedge. The most common hedges are of medium height - from 60 to 160 cm. Simple living fences usually consist of one plant species and have one row. They can be either trimmed or free-growing. Consider the simplest and most unpretentious types of plants, with which the easiest way to make a live fence.
Bubble plant
One of the most unpretentious shrubs to grow. Has varieties with different leaf colors. Perfectly amenable to shaping. With its help, you can get a dense and beautiful hedge in the 4th year after planting cuttings. Inflorescences and fruits are also beautiful.
Cotoneaster
An extremely unpretentious and hardy plant. Unlike the bladderworm, it does not grow so quickly. However, it has a denser crown. A remarkable quality of the cotoneaster is the change in the color of the foliage depending on the season. In summer it is green with a shiny touch. In autumn, cotoneaster leaves acquire a color: from bright yellow to brownish golden.
Barberry
Record holder for growth rate and variety of colors. Can form a live fence 2 years after planting. Unpretentious, shade-tolerant and frost-resistant. This long-liver can delight with many colors for more than 50 years. The indisputable advantage of the barberry fence is its sharp thorns - a reliable barrier for uninvited guests.
Hawthorn
Like barberry, it forms a prickly, dense wall. An extremely undemanding shrub that perfectly combines beauty and functionality. Hawthorn stems easily wrap around supports of any shape, which allows you to form from it not only a wall of a fence, but also compositions of various shapes. Scarlet hawthorn berries are not only a decoration for a hedge, but also a valuable medical raw material.
Chubushnik
This plant is more familiar to everyone as jasmine. A live fence made of chubushnik is more graceful, thanks to thin shoots and inflorescences with a wonderful aroma. It is very unpretentious and little picky about soil and care.
