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[Deb S <debs913@gmail.com>]

There is some good information on farm hedges in the UK.  Here's a website

http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/advice/farmhedges/index.aspx

I also have a book on hedges for keeping livestock in (and hopefully deer out).  I'll see if I can find the citation.

deb

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com> wrote:

In Europe, hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) has been utilized as a traditional and effective barrier hedge.  I'd like to form a hedge around a property to restrict the entry of deer.

Instead of pleaching as is often done (i.e. Europe), I'd like to do the following:

Most native hawthorn species will grow at least 20' wide, at maximum maturity and are not (?) slow-growing.  For a less formal look (which requires a greater number of individual plants and may not be so healthy for the plant with regards to air-circulation), I'd like to space them apart in a row around the property at about 10' or 15' apart.

My expectation would be that they will, in time (no rush, as long as less then 10 years), spread-out to mutually lock in; however, I think most Hathorns, unlike Yews, will have a little clearance (maybe to 3' off the ground) so I'm concerned that deer will use this 3' to crouch under and enter.

1. Is there a way to get the hawthorn to put-out branches lower, even to the near ground?

2. Is there a species of hawthorn that puts out very low branches?

3. Any recommendations from the native northeastern species series: i.e. C. mollis; C. crus-galli; C. phaenophyrum; etc.?

Thank you,

Steve Covacci

New Jersey; USDA zone 6b/7a

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