ElPolloDiablo said:
I am presently tearing up a length of privet hedge and I have been toying with the idea of replacing it with Hibiscus syriacus. It wouldn't be cheap, but the end result could well be worth the effort.
I was thinking of using alternating Blue Chiffon and White Chiffon, for no other reason I can get them cheaper than other cultivars.
Any other thing I may be missing here? Has anyone tried this kind of hedge?
Sorry about late post... Just found this thread.
Rose of sharon seem to make fine hedges, especially when the deer are allowed to "help" with the trimming.
What I would encourage you to consider... What colours you actually want, Doubles or singles...
There's no reason that the hedge has to be expensive.
When I planted single blooms for someone, they were such prolific self sowers that we removed all those beautiful trees and planted doubles.
As the doubles didn't set seed, I created a rooting bed, and had all the bushes I wanted just by shoving cuttings in the ground and watering once.
Just googled "white chiffon" Pretty.
Unfortunately, the hummingbirds and butterflies seem to prefer the singles at my house.
