{"id":19238,"date":"2022-04-20T13:59:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?p=19238"},"modified":"2022-04-20T14:02:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:02:07","slug":"shrubs-for-hedgerow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/","title":{"rendered":"What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>I\u2019ve been thinking about growing a hedgerow similar to those in England. I\u2019m looking for shrubs and trees that would work well in our climate and some direction in planting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Answer:<\/h3>\n<p><em>Abi Griffith, Horticulture Community Education Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Great idea! First you will have to consider the site conditions (sun\/shade, soil drainage and quality, space requirements), as you will want to select plants that will naturally thrive in your particular landscape. I think you would find the following resources useful and a great place to start:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecolandscaping.org\/06\/designing-ecological-landscapes\/native-plants\/native-hedges-and-hedgerows-beauty-and-biodiversity\/?fbclid=IwAR3-RFKJFAOVMm9A3zQlGu5nR2NHRPx06iDWb1Qst-lEtDMHeAJFqMwMdQM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ecolandscaping.org\/06\/designing-ecological-landscapes\/native-plants\/native-hedges-and-hedgerows-beauty-and-biodiversity\/?fbclid%3DIwAR3-RFKJFAOVMm9A3zQlGu5nR2NHRPx06iDWb1Qst-lEtDMHeAJFqMwMdQM&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1650544972005000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2oAkH-1kUT6JBdfmJyJEGL\">Native Hedges &amp; Hedgerows- Wild Seed Project<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; reinforcing why you have a great idea and suggesting native plants\u00a0depending on your site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mainenativeplants.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mainenativeplants.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1650544972005000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1zQ7YB0RoOEyxx3wEYPdDL\">Native Plant Finder, Maine Audubon<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; great resource to know about, and you can search by sunlight, height, bloom time and ecological benefit<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/manual\/plants-for-the-maine-landscape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/manual\/plants-for-the-maine-landscape\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1650544972005000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2rYzOqXFVzNkY3HUDUl8oy\">Plants for the Maine Landscape<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Multiple plant lists and you can scroll down for plant lists by site type (e.g. Plants for dry soil and full sun, ect.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/hedgerows-for-the-home-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/hedgerows-for-the-home-garden&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1650544972005000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0A59mMqZUngqewxMtau5q9\">Hedgerows for the Home Garden &#8211; Penn State<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; more info!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">As for planting and care tips, refer to our bulletin,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/2366e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/2366e\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1650544972005000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Wm3lwpJPFImn9AIWGQ736\">Selecting, Planting and Caring for Trees and Shrubs in the Maine Landscape<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I\u2019ve been thinking about growing a hedgerow similar to those in England. I\u2019m looking for shrubs and trees that would work well in our climate and some direction in planting. Answer: Abi Griffith, Horticulture Community Education Assistant Great idea! First you will have to consider the site conditions (sun\/shade, soil drainage and quality, space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask","category-maintenance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Question: I\u2019ve been thinking about growing a hedgerow similar to those in England. I\u2019m looking for shrubs and trees that would work well in our climate and some direction in planting. Answer: Abi Griffith, Horticulture Community Education Assistant Great idea! First you will have to consider the site conditions (sun\/shade, soil drainage and quality, space [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-20T17:59:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-20T18:02:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"twood\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"twood\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"twood\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518\"},\"headline\":\"What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow?\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-20T17:59:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-20T18:02:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"articleSection\":[\"Ask the Expert\",\"Garden Design and Maintenance\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/\",\"name\":\"What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-20T17:59:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-20T18:02:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/\",\"name\":\"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard\",\"description\":\"Information you can use. Research you can trust.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518\",\"name\":\"twood\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fc8c7b5c8d78336ceef76f813278762e12972bcd042b075da831f24d0320bdb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fc8c7b5c8d78336ceef76f813278762e12972bcd042b075da831f24d0320bdb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"twood\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/author\/twood\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension","og_description":"Question: I\u2019ve been thinking about growing a hedgerow similar to those in England. I\u2019m looking for shrubs and trees that would work well in our climate and some direction in planting. Answer: Abi Griffith, Horticulture Community Education Assistant Great idea! First you will have to consider the site conditions (sun\/shade, soil drainage and quality, space [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/","og_site_name":"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard","article_published_time":"2022-04-20T17:59:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-20T18:02:07+00:00","author":"twood","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"twood","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/"},"author":{"name":"twood","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518"},"headline":"What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow?","datePublished":"2022-04-20T17:59:49+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-20T18:02:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/"},"wordCount":209,"articleSection":["Ask the Expert","Garden Design and Maintenance"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/","url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/","name":"What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-04-20T17:59:49+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-20T18:02:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/04\/20\/shrubs-for-hedgerow\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What are some shrubs that will work well in a hedgerow?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#website","url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/","name":"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard","description":"Information you can use. Research you can trust.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518","name":"twood","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fc8c7b5c8d78336ceef76f813278762e12972bcd042b075da831f24d0320bdb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fc8c7b5c8d78336ceef76f813278762e12972bcd042b075da831f24d0320bdb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"twood"},"url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/author\/twood\/"}]}},"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":199,"label":"Ask the Expert"},{"value":202,"label":"Garden Design and Maintenance"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"twood","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/author\/twood\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":199,"name":"Ask the Expert","slug":"ask","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":199,"taxonomy":"category","description":"This is the top level category for all posts submitted to our Ask the Expert gardening questions form.","parent":0,"count":652,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":199,"category_count":652,"category_description":"This is the top level category for all posts submitted to our Ask the Expert gardening questions form.","cat_name":"Ask the Expert","category_nicename":"ask","category_parent":0},{"term_id":202,"name":"Garden Design and Maintenance","slug":"maintenance","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":202,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":199,"count":190,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":202,"category_count":190,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Garden Design and Maintenance","category_nicename":"maintenance","category_parent":199}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19241,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19238\/revisions\/19241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}