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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comHi, I’ll be moving to the outskirts of Chicago in the near future. The community that I’m moving to has strict fencing rules. My goal is to create a large bottomless planters box that goes around the perimeter of my back yard. I plan on putting American Holly in the planters box to grow as a privacy hedge to get around the fencing rules. I plan on interlocking landscaping timbers to a height of 2ft and keeping the Holly cut to 8ft, so I have a total height of 10ft. My question is: will the root structure keep the plant anchored while in the planters box at 8ft tall? Also are there any other reasons I shouldn’t do this?
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1 Comment To "Can I Plant American Holly As A Privacy Hedge In A Large Planters Box"
#1 Comment By BushDoctor On 06/08/2022 @ 12:17 pm
This could work, but I would definitely not use the American Holly. They are simply too big for this.
This article will offer more information on different cultivars of Holly:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/holly/common-types-of-holly.htm [1].
This article will help you to prune whichever you choose:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/holly/trimming-holly-bushes-how-to-prune-holly-bushes.htm [2]