Planting hedges

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Planting Hedges

The soil should be prepared as for ordinary shrub planting. At present, the practice is not advised of placing two rows of shrubs for a hedge. The hedges can be kept cleaner of weeds and its growth is more symmetrical by planting only one row. It is advisable in setting a hedge to set the plants so that they touch at planting time

This means that the smaller plants as Barberry, will be planted six to eight inches, and Privets ten to twelve niches apart. The soil must be thoroughly firmed around the plants at setting.