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Cathryn



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 15 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Spindle is lovely. We've used it in our hedges. There's nothing wrong with gorse in the right place either.

You can also leave bundles of hedging plants roughly heeled in just waiting to be remembered for quite a number of years. Might be useful if you can buy in bulk at a reduced rate.

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 15 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

location is important with toxic plants

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 15 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Not sure about spindle but I'm avoiding elderberry as it's toxic to dogs and our hooverador tends to forage just about everything (including rose hips ).

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 15 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

might be worth a look

hoover dogs can be very silly at times

spindle is toxic to dogs

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 15 6:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I love spindle because of the brilliant seeds and seed pods. We don't have animals, so not a problem there. I have used dogwood for making the shafts for drop spindles, as the wood is fairly solid at the diameter you want, so useful, but makes a lot of itself.

Our hedge beside our garden has a lot of different things in it, including holly, yew, privet, spindle, prunus, hazel, a small patch of butchers broom and lilac. An old garden hedge with a bit of wild in it.

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