Driveway bed
Planting a beech hedge along the driveway
We planted a beech hedge by the driveway on the North side of the house. There is already an established beech hedge on the site - the boundary to the road.
The European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) is grown primarily for its wonderful foliage of delicate leaves, in spring, a powerful light green, then darker green over summer and, finally, bronze in autumn.
The crisp winter leaves, which stay on the plant until replaced by the new bright green spring leaves, make the beech a marvellous alternative to an evergreen hedge. It grows relatively fast (30-60 cm per year) compared to evergreen hedge plants and needs to be trimmed in late summer/early autumn. The autumn clipping is essential for the foliage to remain during the winter.
The new beech hedge at the driveway
30 year old beech hedge
Unconventionally, we moved two black currant bushes from the backyard to the front part of the driveway. They used to stand where the new garden path was going to be paved, so we needed somewhere to plant them fast.
Black currant shrubs at the driveway
Read more about hedges as boundaries
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