Mastodawn

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So a #gardening question. I have a lot of privet hedge in the place I moved into. One part of the hedge is very sparse and another has been overtaken from within by thick cotoneaster. Cut the cotoneaster out or just make it part of the hedging?
Plant new privet in the sparse section?
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Toni Scott Mar 30, 2023

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Cotoneasters grow quite slowly, so if you hack it back it will take some time to recover. The privet will quickly fill the gap. In the bare patch, you could stick in some cuttings to thicken it up on the cheap. Privets get a bad press, but they make great hedges - a nice plain background for everything else. I "laid" an overgrown privet hedge (6m tall). It looked scruffy for a season, but is now thick and fabulous.

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@ToniScott Thanks. I did cut a large bit of cotoneaster out of one of the hedge "pillars" by the gate when I moved here 3 years ago and the privet has just about filled it in now. I do like privet. Had thought about layering in a variegated variety in the weaker bits.