Creating a Secluded Garden Retreat with a U-Shaped Hedge

Creating a Secluded Garden Retreat with a U-Shaped Hedge

At the Glendeven Inn (Little River), designer Peggy Quaid enclosed a small patio with a teak bench and table using a U-shaped hedge of Luma apiculata, offering sweeping ocean and perennial garden views.

Hedge Details

• Three years old; 5½ ft tall, 4 ft wide, 15 ft long.
• Started from six 5-gallon plants spaced 3 ft apart.
• Trimmed every two months initially; now light trimming every six weeks.

Alternative Hedge Plants

Mexican orange (Choisya ternata), Pacific wax myrtle (Myrica californica), Pittosporum tobira, strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).

Info: Glendeven Inn