{"id":2559,"date":"2019-11-07T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-147\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:49:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:49:57","slug":"plants-to-form-a-small-tight-hedge","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/plants-to-form-a-small-tight-hedge\/","title":{"rendered":"plants to form a small tight hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Can you all give me some recommendations for plants that will form a tight hedge? I want a fast growing plant that does not get more than 2-3 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. I do not want boxwood. Evergreen with glossy leaves is preferable; flowers do not matter to me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I collected some information from websites and a couple of books for you. I am making one other plant suggestion, and it is the last item.<\/p>\n<p><em>Euonymus japonicus &#8216;Microphyllus&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu\/plants\/euonymus-japonicus-small-leafed-selections\">Text<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120505035955\/http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/dept\/ldplants\/eujam5.htm\">Images<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ilex crenata<\/em> &#8216;Northern Beauty&#8217; is described on the website of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatplantpicks.org\/plantlists\/view\/841\">Great Plant Picks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ilex glabra &#8216;Shamrock&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouribotanicalgarden.org\/PlantFinder\/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a233\">Missouri Botanical Garden<\/a> for information and an image.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatplantpicks.org\/plantlists\/view\/1060\"><em>Osmanthus delavayi<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This can be grown as a dense hedge. It can reach about 8 feet, but takes pruning well. Evergreen and attractive all year. Small, oval, tooth-edged leaves. Fragrant tiny white flowers in spring. Here in Seattle it can take the full sun but partial shade is okay too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatplantpicks.org\/\">Great Plant Picks <\/a>is a local organization with information about plants that do particularly well in the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you all give me some recommendations for plants that will form a tight hedge? I want a fast growing plant that does not get more than 2-3 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. I do not want boxwood. Evergreen with glossy leaves is preferable; flowers do not matter to me. &nbsp; I collected some information from websites and a couple of books for you. I am making one other plant suggestion, and it is the last item. Euonymus japonicus&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/plants-to-form-a-small-tight-hedge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">plants to form a small tight hedge<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[446,339,408,404],"class_list":["post-2559","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-euonymus","keyword-hedges","keyword-ilex","keyword-osmanthus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}