New Hedge with neighbour (near boundary wall)

[Stattman]

Hello,

My new neighbours being a bit anti-social (using their front garden as a car repair centre) we've decided the best course of action is to create a small Yew hedge boundary. There's a small wall acting as the boundary, single brick about 600cm high and the length of the front garden is around 4m. Eventually the hedge would need to be about 1.5 - 1.8 cm high and about 60cm thick. We didn't want it too thick to avoid it encroaching too much into the front garden.

The question is: Is there a hard and fast rule about how close shrubs should be planted to the wall to allow sufficient growth but avoiding impacting on the wall itself?

Thanks.

 

[Murdochcat]

Just remember that when it grows over the wall into your neighbours garden they can and probably will trim it back to the boundary

 

[Mike13]

Also remember that yew keeps growing for quite a while, look up the fortingall yew in scotland...

Fortingall Yew, Fortingall – Forests & Woodlands

Discover more details about Fortingall Yew including opening times, photos and more.

www.visitscotland.com

 

[Stattman]

Thank you. Any thoughts on distance from building from the neighbouring wall?

 

[Why Not Indeed]

There can be no hard and fast rule, because different plants have differing root systems, and different walls are built with different foundations.
Yew is slow growing, so I think you wouldn't have a problem catching it before it affects your wall. If you want to be certain about it, you could proactively trim the roots on the wall side.

 

[Stattman]

Thanks!

 

[just pumps]

Are they allowed to operate a car repair business from home?

 

[StephenStephen]

You'll likely get an answer to your question here: https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/

 

[Stattman]

Are they allowed to operate a car repair business from home?

Need to build up evidence first, but it would appear so.