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R RTH RN Try Mtr Hedge Plants for the Upper Midwest Many different woody plants can be used to create attractive hedges CARING FOR YOUR ENVIRONMENT or screens, adding beauty and ✓ Both common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathart ca) and privacy to the home landscape. When planting a hedge, plants are glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) have been s sold extensively over the years' paced closer than normal so that especially for use as hedges. they will grow together densely. Columnar,or TaIlhedge,Mossyhorn Hedges can help define a space in 411 buckthorn has been very the landscape or create a visual or 0� popular because its narrow, physical barrier. upri habit made it useful for l; Hedges can generally be described as formal or informal. screening in fairly narrow planting Formal hedges are trimmed or Rhamnus sites-Unfortunately,all of these sheared in a geometrical shape so cathartica buckthorns have proven to be that the foliage forms a smooth invasive pests. They produce Slane. These hedges must be many seedling plants which are pruned one or more times per year. often found growing in cultivated landscapes and Informal hedges are pruned only invading the understory of native woodlands. minimally and the plants develop Buckthorn often crowds out more desirable plants their normal growth habit. They and have become a serious weed problem in both may only need light maintenance urban and rural areas. Because of its invasiveness, l pruning every two to three years. buckthorn is no longer recommended'for planting. y Rhamnus The following list includes a frangula number of shrubs and small trees that work well as hedges or screens. Many of these plants can be grown and thicket serviceberry (A. Berberis spp. as either formal or informal hedges, canadensis) are most useful for Barberry but some are best left informal. hedges. The dense, thorny growth of Amelanchier spp. Barberries make them ideal for use as Amelanchier or Aronia melanocarpa y barriers. There are man cultivars Black Chokeberry available of Japanese Barberry (B. SerViceberry This hardy shrub is noted for its thunbergii) and Hybrid Barberries, There are a number of profusion of white spring flowers, including many with red, gold, or Amelanchier species and cultivars, glossy green leaves black fruit, and purple foliage. Most Barberries have and they all have lovely white flowers bright red to burgundy fall color. attractive yellow flowers in spring and in the spring, edible purple-black Black Chokeberry tolerates a wide clusters of bright red fruit which adds fruit, and good fall color. Shrubby, range of soil conditions. The variety color in fall and winter. lower growing cultivars and species elata and the cultivar"Autumn Such as `Regent', `Prince William', Magic' grow smaller than the species.