The perfect hedge

[doonrocket]

I am about to remove about 40m of Laurel hedge with the intention of replacing it with something yummy.

I was thinking Hawthorne, slow berry bushes with some rose hip through it. Any suggestions for the ultimate horse friendly hedge?

 

[Goldenstar]

Ok the ultimate hedge is holly but it's very slow growing and difficult to establish but it gives year round shelter and looks fab .
We have hawthorn and sloe and to be frank I regret planting it especially the sloe which is awful for pricking horse feet after cutting and it also creeps into the fields its a pain .
If I had my time over again I would plant some hedges with holly and some with beech and now twenty five years later they would be all looking fantasic.

 

[Sparkles]

With a field either side, no wire, cut and rounded off with a perfect take off and landing....

 

[Bernster]

With a field either side, no wire, cut and rounded off with a perfect take off and landing....

LOL, just what I was thinking

 

[Mince Pie]

Yup I had that mental image too when I saw the title!