Fruity hedges.

[veggiechicken]

Snap VVG

[Darwin.]

He definitely said pineberries, a white strawberry that tastes like a pineapple. He had never heard of them until a while ago and neither had I. It seems they're fairly common. My wife loves pineapple so I was going to get it for her. She pays no attention to the garden other than to occasionally tell me to stop spending money on it. I figured with pineberriees and blueberries she might like it a little better.

[rustylady]

Darwin, don't you have any pound shops such as Poundland near where you are?

[Darwin.]

Nope, not that I know of. I guess there could be some in Cavan (35km away) or Navan (45km away). I've always been given the impression that anything you buy in those places wont be much good.

I have berries to plant down there already, I now have rosa rugosa and I'm also getting, Goji berry €16 each, honeyberry €18 each and he said Cydonia Quince at €14 each would be good but I don't know anything about them. I'm pricing around for them and getting second opinions as he's so expensive.

I'm not buying any garden stuff any more without checking on here first.

[rustylady]

Some information here for you about quince trees Quince / Royal Horticultural Society

[Darwin.]

They don't seem suitable as part of a hedge at all. I could get one to plant out in the orchard as I think I might have place for one more tree.

[sir david]

Have you thought about a medlar ? I have found it in hedges both in France and in the UK

David

[VirginVegGrower]

I have a medlar but if you don't like the fruit, why would you?

A quince is great with cheese

Ultimately think about what you like to eat, before buying and with planting, trees will always spread and grow up - bare that in mind.

Put some compost in your rosa rugosa planting puts and keep watered. Honeyberry will need a n other in order to yield well.

[SarzWix]

I know mail order is a bit hit and miss for you in Eire, but it might be worth checking out, my dad ordered all of his hedging plants online.

[sir david]

Not sure about a quince with cheese but it makes great jam as does the medlar

David

[Darwin.]

I planted the rosa rugosa straight out when I got home. Was I not supposed to?

[rustylady]

I planted the rosa rugosa straight out when I got home. Was I not supposed to?

That's fine - bare root plants need to be planted asap.

[Darwin.]

The soil I planted them in is a mixture of well rotted grass and peat from digging out the pond. It's very wet at the minute but not waterlogged and it will dry out well enough when the weather picks up.

[rustylady]

Did you get pink ones or white ones?

[Darwin.]

I don't honestly know, I think he said there was a mixture. It might sound a bit girly but I'd prefer if they were pink.