• Plant that hedge, wait 10yrs then lay it.

    Lay it? Does that involve bending it over and ramming it through a fence? Not sure I have space for that sort of extravagance. It's a rururban/suburban garden, not the set for Death Race #2.

  • ....plus virtual severing of the trunks to allow them to be laid, hopefully @edmundro will be along soon with the technicalities. It can look great in any setting. Be even more savage when pruning roses!

  • Be even more savage when pruning roses!

    No issues there. I've pruned roses before with a hedge trimmer. They didn't seem to mind. In fact, they flourished. Most of the roses in my garden got cut back to 6" stumps a few months ago in The Great Garden De-wilding. Most are now already over 3 feet tall. A couple are even flowering.

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