Hedge pictures taken from the Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletter; January February March April May 6 to 16 May 20 to 31 June 4 to 7 June 8 to 9 June 11 to 13 June 16 to 25 July August September October November December

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BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN FROM THE JANUARY 2010 PICTURE-NEWSLETTER

The snow covered flagstone path behind the belgian fence (00103belgianfence015_010310.jpg). In summer the belgian fence provides a tight hedge that has flowers in spring, fruit in fall, and this tight two dimensional architecture in winter. I train Flowering crabapples, Apple trees and Pear trees as starter Belgian Fence plants every couple years.

BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN FROM THE SEPTEMBER 2009 PICTURE-NEWSLETTER

Planting a hedge of lilacs in Watervliet on September 26, 2009 (00009plantinglilachedge092609.jpg). If you click this picture you see the trench around 3/4 the depth of the lilac root balls. If the trench was too deep we could reduce the depth by filling part way under each root ball with gravel. If the trench didn't drain properly we could dig trenches toward the sidewalk from the main trench ending in a french drain (which is a large hole several feet deep, filled with gravel). In this case the lilacs are seperated by almost 3 feet and the area between each plant is filled with compost, then topped with a couple inches of top soil. As the soil sinks it will be filled with successive layers of compost and top soil. Each year a mulch of compost will be applied in spring.