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£7Sale price From £4Common Privet Hedging | Ligustrum ovalifolium
The perfect hedge for privacy
- Dense green leaves and summer blooms
- RHS Plant for Pollinators
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
1 option available
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£105Sale price £42Best Value Cornus Collection | Winter Hedging
A riot of colour
- Vibrant stems, spring flowers & autumn hues
- Year round interest made simple
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 3m or keep trimmed at 1-3m
1 option available
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£25Sale price From £20English 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
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£6Sale price £4Scarlet Willow Hedging | Salix alba 'Chermesina'
Fiery colour to light the garden
- Waxy orange, yellow and red stems
- Pollen-rich catkins in spring for bees
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 4m or keep trimmed at 1-4m
1 option available
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£4Sale price From £3Common Hornbeam Hedging | Carpinus betulus
UK native loved by birds
- Spring catkins and autumn colour
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 8m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
2 options available
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£8Sale price £4Sweet Chestnut Hedging | Castanea sativa
Beautiful and productive native
- Spring catkins and sweet edible chestnuts
- Enormous value to native wildlife
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 12m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
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Silver Birch Hedging | Betula pendula
Reliable year-round classic
- Elegant bark, spring catkins & autumn tones
- UK native invaluable for wildlife
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 12m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
2 options available
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£7Sale price £4Deutzia scabra Hedging
Frangrant flowers for bees
- Honey-scented white blooms and peeling bark
- Excellent pest and disease resistance
- Slow growth rate - 10-15cm per year
- Grows up to 3m or keep trimmed at 1-3m
1 option available
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£8Sale price £4Weigela 'Bristol Ruby' Hedging
Easy to grow and floriferous
- Crimson bellflowers in summer
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
- Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
- Grows up to 2m or keep trimmed at 1-2m
1 option available
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£15Sale price From £3English 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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£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
2 options available
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£5Sale price From £3Field 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
2 options available
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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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£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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£7Sale price £4Shrubby Cinquefoil Hedging | Potentilla fruticosa
Unkillable flowering hedge
- Masses of sunny yellow flowers
- Incredibly resilient
- Slow growth rate - 10-20cm per year
- Grows up to 1.5m
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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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£7Sale price £4Van Houtte's Spiraea Hedging | Spiraea vanhouttei
Hardy and bee-friendly
- Dense clusters of white flowers
- Low maintenance, vigorous and bushy
- Fast growth rate - 30-60cm per year
- Grows up to 2m or keep trimmed at 1-2m
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£4Sale price From £3Sweet Cherry Hedging | Prunus avium
Bird-friendly native classic
- Clusters of flowers and red berries
- Great for pollinators and feeding 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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£7Sale price £4Salt Cedar Hedging | Tamarix tetrandra
Vibrant and unusual
- Plumes of light pink, coral-like flowers
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 4m or keep trimmed at 1-4m
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Wayfarer Hedging | Viburnum lantana
Attractive and informal
- Large pompom white flowers & berries
- Attracts butterflies and birds
- Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
- Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
2 options available
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£55Sale price From £50Best Mixed Coastal Hedging | Growers' Choice
Thrives in wind, salt and sand
- Vibrant flowers and foliage
- Improves soil stability & benefits wildlife
- RHS picks for salt air, wind & sandy soil
- Hardy and easy to maintain
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£5Sale price £4Golden Elder Hedging | Sambucus nigra 'Aurea'
Make your own elderberry wine
- Golden leaves, creamy blooms & purple berries
- Attractive to birds and insects
- Fast growth rate - 30-60cm per year
- Grows up to 4m or keep trimmed at 1-4m
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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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£10Sale price From £6Purple Beech Hedging | Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea'
A tapestry of rich colour
- Purple and rich burgundy leaves
- Makes a great windbreak
- Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
- Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
4 options 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
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£15Sale price From £8Leyland Cypress | Cupressocyparis leylandii
The ultimate screening plant
- Dense, columnar tree
- Large tree - grows to 12m+
- Dense evergreen, flattened foliage
- Perfect for a privacy hedge
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£10Sale price £4Eglantine Rose Hedging | Rosa rubiginosa
Native wildlife magnet
- Sprays of open pink flowers
- Wonderful fragrance
- Once flowering: June to July
- Grows to 2m, easily maintained at 1-2m
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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 hedging plant should I pick?
If privacy is important to you, then planting a fast-growing evergreen like bamboo or privet will provide you with the quick results you’re looking for. If what you’re after more than anything else is big, bold colour, however, then photinia, forsythia and lavender are all great options, offering red, yellow and purplish-blue blooms respectively. Perhaps you’re looking to create a wilder, more unkempt haven for wildlife? Viburnum, hawthorn and blackberry plants provide a great starting point.
How do I plant my hedge?
You can plant your hedge either in a single row or a staggered double row if you want a fuller, bigger hedge. You can plant your hedge against a fence to help bolster its strength, as well as to improve its visual appeal. To mark out your hedge, use a garden line and ensure you’ve left an appropriate amount of space – check out our article, How to Plant a Hedge for detailed information on spacings. Typically arriving as bare root plants, your hedge is best planted during the dormant season, between autumn and late winter. Potted hedge plants can be planted at any time but avoid planting when the ground is baked dry, waterlogged or frozen. Once planted, give your hedge line a good watering all the way along.
Caring for your hedge
Hedges are generally nice and easy to care for. Keep your hedge well-watered when establishing, and then again during any hot, dry spells. Most hedges require an annual trim to keep them happy, healthy and tidy. It’s vital, however, that you ensure no birds are nesting within your hedge when you trim it (it’s illegal to do so, in fact). Once trimmed, you can apply some general fertiliser and mulch around the hedge’s base with some well-rotted manure or organic compost.
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
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| 2 Jun
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Judy Lane
| 23 Oct
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| 5 Jul
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| 22 May
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| 8 Nov
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