Collection: Hedging Plants
Hedges provide a natural living screen for your garden, shielding you and your plants from noise, pollution, wind and your neighbour’s lockdown tiki bar. All of our hedging plants are grown by our team of specialists in the South Downs and sent to you fresh from the field.
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Photinia '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
3 options available
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Golden Bells | Forsythia intermedia 'Spectabilis'
Heralds the start of spring
- Profusion of golden flowers in early spring
- Great addition to flower arrangements
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 3m or keep trimmed at 1-3m
1 option available
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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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£7Sale price From £6Japanese Maple | Acer palmatum
Graceful and colourful
- Delicate foliage with warm autumn hues
- Grow as a specimen or relaxed border
- Slow growth rate - up to 30cm per year
- Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
1 option available
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English Holly | Ilex aquifolium
A festive British icon
- Beautifully bushy tree
- Large tree - grows up to 12m
- Spiky, green leaves and white spring flowers
- Bright red berries support winter wildlife
2 options available
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£20Sale price From £10Common Yew | Taxus baccata
The UK's favourite conifer
- Vibrant evergreen foliage with red fruits
- Use for screening, boundaries or topiary
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 12m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
1 option available
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£7Sale price From £4Yellow Stemmed Dogwood Hedging | Cornus stolonifera 'Flaviramea'
A dose of winter sunshine
- Lemon yellow stems & creamy white flowers
- All year round interest
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 3m or keep trimmed at 1-3m
1 option available
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Leyland Cypress | Cupressocyparis leylandii
The ultimate fast-growing screening
- Dense evergreen foliage
- Perfect for a privacy hedge
- Fast growth rate - up to 1m per year
- Grows up to 30m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
3 options available
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Golden Leyland Cypress | Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Castlewellan Gold'
Super speedy privacy hedge
- Dense golden-yellow leaves and columnar growth
- Top choice for speedy screening
- Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
- Grows up to 25m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
1 option available
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English Lavender | Lavandula angustifolia
As iconic as they come!
- Give it as sunny a spot as possible
- Thrives in beds and borders in dry soil
- Flowers from June to August
- Hardier than French and Spanish lavenders
Currently out of stock
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Common 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
Currently out of stock
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Guelder 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
Currently out of stock
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Blackthorn 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
Currently out of stock
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Japanese Quince Hedging | Chaenomeles japonica
Come for flowers, stay for fruit
- Glossy foliage and cup-shaped red flowers
- Harvest summer quinces for jelly
- Fast growth rate - 30-60cm per year
- Grows up to 1.5m
Currently out of stock
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Red-Stemmed Dogwood Hedging | Cornus alba
Paint the garden red
- Bright crimson stems & creamy spring blooms
- Add winter colour and interest
- Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
- Grows up to 3m or keep trimmed at 1-3m
Currently out of stock
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£60Sale price From £55Best Mixed Native Wildlife Hedging | Growers' Choice
An ecological haven
- Packed with colour, flowers & fruit
- Food and shelter for insects, birds & mammals
- UK native varieties handpicked by our grower
- Hardy and easy to maintain
Currently out of stock
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Common Hazel Hedging | Corylus avellana
Harvest nuts from your hedge
- Spring catkins, autumn colour and hazelnuts
- Supports over 70 insect species
- Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
- Grows up to 8m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
Currently out of stock
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£95Sale price From £75A Completely Edible Hedge
Turn your border into a fruit garden
- Packed with fruit, nuts and berries
- Spring flowers loved by pollinators
- Tasty varieties handpicked by our grower
- Hardy, productive and easy to look after
Currently out of stock
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£11Sale price From £6Mock Orange Hedging | Philadelphus 'Virginal'
Our choice for fragrance
- Double white, orange blossom scented flowers
- Create an informal, billowing hedge
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 3m or keep trimmed at 1-3m
Currently out of stock
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£4Sale price From £3Cherry Plum Hedging | Prunus cerasifera
Blossom-rich, fruiting hedge
- Dense & thorny with abundant white flowers
- Harvest tasty little plums for jam
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
Currently out of stock
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Dog 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
Currently out of stock
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Red 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
Currently out of stock
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Black 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
Currently out of stock
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£60Sale price From £55The Ultimate Flowering Hedge
A floral tapestry
- Masses of colourful and fragrant blooms
- An oasis for pollinators
- Premium varieties handpicked by our grower
- Easy to plant and prune
Currently out of stock

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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.
Happy plants make happy customers

Plants arrived in great condition and very promptly. Well established - much better than the ones I got at my local garden centre.
Monica Spence
| 24 May

Yet again this company delivered good healthy plants, exactly as shown in photos, well packaged and within delivery time quoted. Recommend!
Jacqueline Burgess
| 2 Jun

I continue to be so impressed with Roots. Their customer care, knowledge of their subject: from planting hedges to pruning roses and more, has been a great support.
Judy Lane
| 23 Oct

The plant arrived looking vigorously healthy, which brings a smile to your face, extremely well protected in its packaging.
Martyn Hill
| 5 Jul

As a non-gardener, I found my whole experience brilliant. Great information & advice available on the website, great range of products & prices are brilliant.
John-Paul
| 22 May

Wonderful plants and great customer service... really surprised to find that the plants are better than those you would get at your local garden centre.
Gavin Wilcock
| 8 Nov
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