Search Results for: cedars

Laurel hedging

Wondering if Laurel hedging can be used in southern Ontario (Whitby). If not what are some good alternatives other than cedars and boxwoods. Just find them a bit boring. Also needs to grow to a height of 6-8 feet.…

Pest resistant Hedging

We have about 40 pyramidal cedars lining the perimeter of my backyard like a wall. We planted them about 8 years ago and they are now about 15-feet tall. Unfortunately they have a serious infestation of cedar leaf miner. We…

Whipcord Cedar golden tips

Last fall, I planted whipcord cedars and this spring the tips have turned golden brown. They were not golden brown when I unwrapped the burlap from them a month ago. This has happened within the last 2 weeks or so.…

mulch

Hi! I’m looking for the best mulch for my flower beds, in terms of keeping moisture in, weeds out and keeping the soil healthy. Mostly I have shrubs, i.e. Annabelle and Peegee hydrangeas, emerald cedars, lilacs, bleeding hearts, hostas, ferns.…

Small Cedar Hedge Shows Possible Winter Animal Damage

These young cedars are at the cottage.  I returned this spring to find that they are all clipped with neat little 45 degree angle cuts – it looks like someone used pruners.  All of the branches and tips that are…

Brown and losing needles Hinoki cedar

We planted 3 Hinoki cedars two springs ago. They have all now lost so many needles mostly on the inner branches they are almost bare to the tips. They face West. We have an irrigation system that waters every three…

Dying and Dried Out Cedar Hedge

I have a privacy hedge at the back of my Ottawa home. The hedge is about 40 feet wide and is about 12-14 feet high. It backs up against and along an identical hedge owned by my neighbour. It is…

Hedges

Hi I am installing a swimming pool and cabana bar area in my yard in Toronto. My yard is 66 feet wide and I want to plant a hedge along that back fence to grow 8 to 10 feet high.…

Quick Privacy Hedge

Hi there, I live in Toronto and wanted to plant a quick privacy hedge in container(s) (I live in a condo so it’s an urban garden). I have tried emerald cedars and they worked great for the first 2 years;…