I don't like Portuguese laurel, it spreads in the Belfast hills and is extremely hard to kill.
Even with super strong glyphosate, the one you need a license for, often doesn't kill it.
Also no use to pollinators. For a boring hedge, privet at least makes the hedge sparrows happy.
There are native evergreens or get a non native evergreen that works, my Hazel have grown very fast. The holly is slow though to fill out.
There are native evergreens
Not many! There are 5 British native evergreens
Yew, box, holly, scots pine, juniper
Box is now unusable due to caterpillars and blight
Yew makes a fantastic hedge but it's slow
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I don't like Portuguese laurel, it spreads in the Belfast hills and is extremely hard to kill.
Even with super strong glyphosate, the one you need a license for, often doesn't kill it.
Also no use to pollinators. For a boring hedge, privet at least makes the hedge sparrows happy.
There are native evergreens or get a non native evergreen that works, my Hazel have grown very fast. The holly is slow though to fill out.