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 -  Monday, March 29, 2010
Stay on top of pruning!
Reviewed By: M. Albright (Jewett, OH)
These trees grow fast! (Three feet + per year.) Once established, they need heavy pruning twice a year or they will be tall trees. Lower limbs become sparse if the hedges aren't tapered from top down. Branches break under weight of ice and heavy snows. If you don't want to spend a lot of time trimming a hedge, go with something that grows slower (yew.) These trees arrive bare root and spindly-looking, but don't be fooled, they really take off.

 -  Thursday, April 22, 2010
Chinese elm hedge
Reviewed By: ernest du bois (South Burlington, Vermont)
Bought 36 of these in 1987. My acre suburban lot had no trees or privacy except for sheep fencing. I planted these 36 down a hundred feet to block out my then obnoxious neighbors to my left. Everybody laughed as I planted these twigs. By the following June they were four feet high. The following year they grew 6 feet. They do need major pruning every three years or so. I just take out my chainsaw and cut them 5 feet high in the spring and by fall they are up 10 to 12 feet. Thank you for all these years of total privacy, and the beautiful clean trees. Remember the leaves are so raking is minor as well. Remember to mulch these the first couple years to keep weeds down. I used hay.

 -  Monday, May 03, 2010
amazing
Reviewed By: Laura (Red Bank, NJ)
I planted these along my property line after an expensive wooden 6' privacy fence came down during a bad noreaster. The neighbor chuckled at my twigs. I pruned them heavily last summer to keep them full. They just leafed out (only the 2nd year) and are 3-4' high and a FULL hedge. I know I'll be pruning, but you can't beat the thick, full, lovely hedge for the price. They are a great noise and wind break. I added another row last year to create a weed barrier between an unmaintained portion of my neighbor's property and my mini-orchard. I can't wait to see this area's progress next spring.


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