Would a Thuja Emerald + Beech mixed hedge work?

ryant

My plan for my approx. 9 meter road facing garden is as follows:

6 thuja emrald spaced 1.5 meters apart - and  keep them pruned as distinct conical trees, not a continuous hedge.

This will look nice, I think, but will not serve as an effective privacy screen.

So I am thinking, perhaps i could plant beech between the conifers to fill up the space.

Would that work?

I am hoping that eventually I would let the thuja to 3m and the beech to 1.5 m.. 

pansyface

AN HONEST ANSWER?

I THINK IT WOULD LIKE DREADFUL. I BIT LIKE THIS

BUT MORE UPPY AND DOWNY.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A NIGHTMARE TO KEEP TRIMMED.

THAT'S MY OPINION. OTHER OPINIONS ARE AVAILABLE.

ryant

Gosh. what are we looking at?

ryant

Are those Thuja emeralds? How did they get so brown?

pansyface

THE BROWN BITS WERE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE BEECH BITS WOULD LOOK LIKE IN WINTER. 

ryant

Aha. so we need an evergreen hedge. How about a yew? Uppy and downy will be clipped for symmetry, so i'm expecting a neat /\=/\=/\=/\=/\=/\

pansyface

A UNIFORM COLOUR WOULD LOOK BETTER THAN A MIX OF COLOURS.

BUT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL EXERTION REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A HEDGE LIKE THIS?

HAVE YOU HELD A HEDGE TRIMMER UP IN THE AIR AND WAVED IT ABOUT FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE OF MINUTES?

IT'S EXHAUSTING.

Fairygirl

I think it would look dreadful too. They aren't compatible plants for a hedge.

Even if using the  same hedging  plant - up and down sections would be difficult to keep looking right. Is there  a reason you don't want a simple, uniform hedge? I have a blackthorn hedge which only needs done a few times through the year. It's about 70 feet in total, and only around four to five feet in height, and not too dense to clip.

Pansy's right - it's hard enough work even doing that!