Questions

Which would you recommmend for a windy seaside hill in Donegal as archictectual items in garden.?

I have bought the June edition of The Irish Garden I was wondering where would I be able to get the Kalmia Latifolia in Ireland. It is featured in the plant profile section. It is evergreen and would look great with the rhododendrons.

I planted 5 THUJA conifers about 2 years ago as a border at the side of my house. They have grown quite tall but don't seem to be growing widthways much at all. Somebody told me if I cut the tops off them they would spread out widthways. Do you think that is a good idea? Or would you have any other suggestions? It said on the label that they would grow to 15 metres tall and 4 metres across. They are now about 2 metres tall & 2 foot wide.

I need some good smelling fragrant bushes or trees. I want to surround our septic tank area with good smelling bushes and trees to counter the smell of the tank, preferably ones that can cope with the strong westerly wind here on the coast

I have a side garden at the side of my house and i have nothing to do with it.. weeds are just growing.. it is about 10 meters long and i have no idea of what to do or put in it. can you give me some ideas on what to do?

I need to hide an ugly wall where I've made the terrible mistake of having my plum trees cut to the ground. I was no longer able to maintain the trees as regards thinning etc. Fencing is turning out to be very expensive. Huge quotes have been offered eg. Cottage fencing being very expensive and lap fencing being cheap enough (but not so nice looking). I read elsewhere on your website that Yew trees may provide screening for an ugly wall. Am I correct? How fast and how high would they grow, would they require much looking after and how many would I need to plant in an area of 30-40 ft. wide? (depending on their spread, when they reach maturity). Could you recommend any better solution than this.