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Best Overall: Photinia 'Red Robin'
Award winning fiery red foliage
- Glossy red evergreen leaves that mature to dark green
- Brightens hedges and borders
- Grows to 2.5-4m
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
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Best Low Maintenance: Common Yew
The King of Hedges
- Vibrant green foliage with red fruits in autumn
- So versatile - use for screening, boundaries or topiary
- Average growth rate - expect 20-40cm per year
- Grows to 12m, can easily be maintained at 1-5m
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Best Intruder Proof: English Holly
A British icon
- Small white spring flowers
- UK native and evergreen
- Slow growing and bushy
- Bright red berries support winter wildlife
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Best Low Growing: Garden Privet
Year-round colour and bee friendly flowers
- Semi evergreen with rich oval leaves and white flowers
- The perfect hedge for privacy
- Average growth rate - expect 20-40cm per year
- Grows to 5m, easily maintained at 1-4m
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Best Fast Growing: Leyland Cypress
The ultimate fast-growing screening tree
- Columnar growth
- Dense green foliage
- Grows up to 1m a year
- Requires regular pruning
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Best All Rounder: Cherry Laurel
The vibrant hedge that laughs in the face of neighbour noise
- Classic evergreen hedge with glossy vibrant green foliage
- Perfect for privacy screening and noise reduction
- Fast growth rate - expect 30-60cm per year
- Grows to 8m, easily maintained at 1-5m
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Best Flowers: English Lavender
The best lavender for the UK climate
- Plant in full sun or dappled shade
- Give pots and borders fragrance
- Flowers June to August
- RHS Plant for Pollinators
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Best Semi-Evergreen: Beech
Award winning native hedge for year-round interest
- Vibrant leaf coverage all year round
- Great as a formal hedge on its own or as part of a native mixed hedge
- Fast growing, expect 30-60cm per year
- Grows to 5m, easily maintained at 1-5m
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Best Value: Mixed Wildlife Mix
A fast growing mixed hedge with wildlife appeal
- Includes evergreens for screening and deciduous plants for wildlife appeal
- The best variety of premium plants for a 5m or 10m hedge, chosen by our expert growers
- Hardy, easy care plants to benefit insects, birds and mammals
- Low maintenance - plant in full sun or partial shade and any well drained soil
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Best Value: Mixed Wildlife Mix
A fast growing mixed hedge with wildlife appeal
- Includes evergreens for screening and deciduous plants for wildlife appeal
- The best variety of premium plants for a 5m or 10m hedge, chosen by our expert growers
- Hardy, easy care plants to benefit insects, birds and mammals
- Low maintenance - plant in full sun or partial shade and any well drained soil