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Will native hedging grow under a large Lime?

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  Posted by MostlyOrganic (U2644710) on Monday, 2nd January 2006

  I have an enormous Lime tree (c 120ft) at the bottom of my garden. It drips foul sap through the summer which then develops black sooty mould. It also casts a deep shade! However it does look nice and is protected, so I couldn't cut it down even if I wanted to.
  The question is what can I grow under it? The area underneath faces roughly west, so does get some evening sun in the summer.
  What I would most like to do is plant a thicket of native hedging species to give shelter and food for wildlife, but will it survive under these conditions?
  Thanks for any advice.

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  Posted by Wildthing (U2335691) on Wednesday, 4th January 2006

  Trees suffer from poor 'public relations' when they get large and the fact that they are almost the property of the man from the council becomes a symbol contempt. Hovever the lime to mee is a most beautiful tree, the foliage in the spring, the flowers buzzing with bees and unlimited leaf mould for the rest of the garden. Why not enjoy the tree, no, few plants will survive under its canopy except snowdrops and bluebells which thrive before the black soot comes which is a mould growing on the residue of aphids. Aphids are the staple food for many forms of wildlife and the food chain, so look after your tree as it is complete in itself.

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  Posted by MostlyOrganic (U2644710) on Saturday, 14th January 2006

  Thanks Wildthing, I have no intention of getting rid of the Lime, but having a relatively small city garden a large proportion of it is in shade, and the view from my kitchen window is of sooty mould infested wasteland under the tree. I was hoping to get some suggestions of things which might survive in the woodland shade and lure some more wildlife into the garden. I suspect however that the shade is too dense and I will have to learn to love sooty mould as well as the tree

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