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Regular price From £5Regular price
£8Sale price From £5Common Hawthorn Hedging | Crataegus monogyna
Supports over 150 wildlife species
- Scented spring blossom & autumn fruits
- Loved by bees and nesting birds
- Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
- Grows up to 8m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
1 option available
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£25Sale price From £20Black Elderberry | Sambucus 'Black Lace'
A liquorice, powder-pink combo!
- Wonderfully bushy shrub
- Medium shrub - grows up to 3m
- Superb lacy, liquorice leaves and pink blooms
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
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£40Sale price From £22Photinia 'Red Robin'
Award winning fiery red foliage
- Glossy red evergreen leaves mature to green
- Brightens borders year round
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 4m or keep trimmed at 1-4m
4 options available
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£5Sale price From £4Guelder Rose Hedging | Viburnum opulus
The snowball hedge
- Frothy white flowers and bright autumn colour
- Native species loved by pollinators
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
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£4Sale price From £3Blackthorn Hedging | Prunus spinosa
The perfect natural security
- White blossom, bushy foliage and edible sloes
- Great for pollinators and nesting birds
- Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
- Grows up to 4m or keep trimmed at 1-4m
2 options available
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£4Sale price From £2Dog Rose Hedging | Rosa canina
Bee-loved native boundary
- Fragrant pink & white flowers, edible fruit
- Forms a thorny natural barrier
- Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
- Grows up to 3m or keep trimmed at 1-3m
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£5Sale price £3Black Elder Hedging | Sambucus nigra
Elderflower cordial, anyone?
- Creamy white flowers and edible berries
- Huge wildlife appeal
- Fast growth rate - 30-60cm per year
- Grows up to 4m or keep trimmed at 1-4m
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£7Sale price £3Red Flowering Currant Hedging | Ribes sanguineum
Bring your garden back to life!
- Aromatic leaves and magenta flowers
- RHS Plant for Pollinators
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 2.5m or keep trimmed at 1-2.5m
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Cherry Laurel Hedging | Prunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia'
Vibrant screening hedge
- Glossy evergreen foliage
- Laughs in the face of neighbour noise
- Fast growth rate - 30-60cm per year
- Grows up to 8m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
8 options available
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Rowan Hedging | Mountain Ash | Sorbus aucuparia
Wildlife-boosting native
- White flowers and vibrant autumn foliage
- Sprays of winter berries for birds
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
3 options available
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£5Sale price From £3Cherry Dogwood Hedging | Cornus mas
Sunshine in February
- Yellow flowers, red berries & autumn colour
- Colour, impact & wildlife all year
- Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
- Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
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£5Sale price £4Golden Weeping Willow Hedging | Salix 'Chrysocoma'
Shady summer screening
- Sweeping golden stems and showy foliage
- RHS Award of Golden Merit
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 8m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
1 option available
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£30Sale price From £28Hydrangea arborescens 'Strong Annabelle'
Scarcely believable blooms!
- Tough, strong and bushy shrub
- Medium shrub - grows up to 1.5m
- White flower balls up to 30cm across
- Absolutely huge blooms!
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£7Sale price £4Oregon Grape Hedging | Mahonia aquifolium
Brightens the shadiest spots
- Glossy green leaves & yellow flowers
- Happy in shade & drought resistant
- Slow growth rate - up to 30cm per year
- Grows up to 3m or keep trimmed at 1-3m
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£25Sale price From £18Hydrangea paniculata 'Candlelight'
Stunning pink pyramidal blooms
- Upright and vigorous shrub
- Medium shrub - grows up to 1.5m
- Punchy flower cones turn from cream to pink
- A particularly vigorous variety
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£35Sale price From £30Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'
Snowy, oh-so showy blooms
- Profusely-packed, bushy shrub
- Medium shrub - grows up to 2.5m
- Linen white, large, spherical blooms
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
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English Yew | Taxus baccata
The UK's favourite conifer
- Bushy, evergreen tree
- Large tree - grows up to 12m
- Vibrant evergreen foliage with red fruits
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
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£5Sale price From £4Field Maple Hedging | Acer campestre
The only UK native maple
- Luscious leaves and bee-loved flowers
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Fast growth rate - 30-60cm per year
- Grows up to 8m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
1 option available
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£6Sale price From £3Dogwood Hedging | Cornus sanguinea
Rich & dramatic colour
- Bronze stems, creamy blooms & autumn hues
- Add stacks of year round interest
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 3m or keep trimmed at 1-3m
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£7Sale price £4Corkscrew Willow Hedging | Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa'
Unique ornamental beauty
- Wavy leaves on corkscrew-shaped stems
- Use young shoots in flower arrangements
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 8m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
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Hydrangea paniculata 'Little Spooky'
Scared? Of these blooms?
- Robust and diminutive dwarf shrub
- Small shrub - grows up to 0.75m
- Conical, chartreuse-flushed white flowers
- Lovely autumn shades!
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£4Sale price £3White Japanese Rose Hedging | Rosa rugosa 'Alba'
Long flowering beauty
- Large white, single roses all summer
- The biggest hips of any wild rose
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 2m or keep trimmed at 1-2m
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Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'
Award-winning scene stealer
- Upright and airy shrub
- Medium shrub - grows up to 2m
- Rounded cones of green, white and pink blooms
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
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£7Sale price £4St John's Wort Hedging | Hypericum inodorum
Months of bee-friendly colour
- Evergreen foliage and golden flowers
- Excellent for wildlife or groundcover
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 1.2m
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St John's Wort | Hypericum 'Hidcote'
Utterly glorious yellow blooms!
- Lush evergreen leaves, radiant yellow blooms
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 1.2m
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£5Sale price £3'King Edward VII' Red Flowering Currant Hedging | Ribes sanguineum
The crowning glory of spring
- Deep pink flowers and edible fruits
- Great for windy and coastal spots
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 3m or keep trimmed at 1-3m
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Patio Choisya Tree | Choisya 'White Dazzler'®
Sumptuous scents from the patio
- Showy, lollipop-like patio tree
- Small tree - grows up to 1.5m
- Gloriously fragrant white flowers
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
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South Downs National Park
Meet Danielle
110 years' expertise free with every plant
Straight from the capable hands of our shrub specialist Danielle to your garden, you can be sure that each bush, hedge and plant is grown to last. Nurtured in the fields of the South Downs and professionally pruned for the best shape, these hardy feature plants will be adding structure, colour and variety to your garden for many years to come.
Need help picking?
Which flowering shrub should you choose?
Want some more beautiful blooms for your garden? Want something chunkier than a perennial but not so large as a sprawling tree? Flowering shrubs hold the answer. But which should you choose? Well, there’s plenty to choose from! For early spring blooms, look to forsythia and its sunny yellow flowers. Camellias, too, herald the arrival of springtime, dazzling with a variety of different flower forms. Later in the year, lilacs announce themselves to the world with their pretty purple flowers and sumptuous fragrance. As summer rolls around, hydrangeas come to the fore, along with buddleias, both offering fabulously showy flowers. Late summer into autumn brings abelias, while you can even get some flowers in winter, thanks to winter jasmine.
Planting schemes featuring flowering shrubs
Various planting schemes utilise flowering shrubs, including Japanese gardens, cottage gardens, Mediterranean gardens and woodland gardens. Camellias and magnolias are often found in Japanese gardens, rose bushes are a staple of the traditional English cottage garden, while lavender plants, which can be grown into a wonderful flowering hedge, are a mainstay of Mediterranean gardens. If you’re wanting to create a natural, woodland-style garden, then turn your trowel to rhododendrons and azaleas.
Caring for flowering shrubs
Flowering shrubs are generally nice and easy to look after. Most will need regular watering for the first couple of growing seasons until they’re established. Once established, however, watering is only desperately needed during hot, dry spells. Pruning requirements will vary from shrub to shrub, so make sure to check out the growing guide for the plant you’re thinking of choosing. Be sure, too, to check your plant’s spacing requirements. If you’ve only got a small garden, then opting for something vigorous like Japanese quince probably isn’t the smartest idea. Feed in spring with slow-release, general fertiliser and apply a layer of mulch to help retain moisture.
Flowering Shrubs FAQs
What is the easiest flowering shrub to grow?
Most flowering shrubs are nice and easy to grow, but if we were pushed to pick just one, we’d opt for the spectacular forsythia. Also known as golden bells, this jolly shrub tolerates most soils and conditions, requires little in the way of maintenance and delivers fabulous early spring colour to kickstart your garden back into life post-winter.
Are there any winter-flowering shrubs?
Yes, there are winter-flowering shrubs. Our two choices are the shrubby winter honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima) and sweet box (Sarcococca confusa); both are highly fragrant and produce their beautiful blooms between December and March. What’s not to like?
Which shrubs flower in summer?
There are plenty of summer-flowering shrubs to choose from, including hydrangeas, , St. John’s wort, ceanothus, escallonia, shrub roses, abelia, hibiscus and potentilla to name just a few. Is September too late to plant shrubs?
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