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[Art Petrzelka <art@complum.com>]

On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 13:37, Lon J. Rombough wrote:
> Interesting.  I've been to Scotland and have seen such hedges.  I
> wondered why they didn't drop their leaves, but I wasn't there long
> enough to observe them to find out.  They look odd because the trunks
> can get fairly large, which seems very out-of-place in a hedge - you
> don't expect a hedge to have more than stems an inch or so in
> diameter.

Mulberry makes a nice hedge. I have one along our gravel road for dust
control.  The trunks rarely get over 4-6 inch diameter. I prune them to
the ground about every 10-15 years. They do develop a knotted top that
can be a foot or so in diameter from all the pruning calluses. It was
there before I was born, so I never thought of it as unusual.
-- 
Art Petrzelka
Amana, Iowa, USA