This collection of quick growing hedging plants will produce an attractive screen in just a few years. Specially selected to create a mixed hedge that will establish quickly and provide privacy and security, as well as plenty of seasonal interest.
A popular evergreen shrub, Buxus sempervirens is easy to grow and perfect for creating topiary, hedges and low border edges. The small, glossy green leaves are densely arranged and respond well to regular clipping for a neat finish. Grow this versatile shrub as a box hedge or prune it to create formal shapes, both for containers on the patio and borders. Box plants also cope well with tricky shady positions in the garden.
Field maples are ideal for natural looking hedges. With its large leaves that are instantly recogniseable, this tough plant will soon form a screen or windbreak to shelter and protect your garden.
A hazel hedge is always going to look attractive, no matter what time of year. In spring, masses of yellow-green catkins appear before the dense foliage smothers the stems from tip to toe. Later in the year a heavy crop of cobnuts will form which are always a Christmas favourite!
Often seen as a large specimen tree, hornbeam can also be easily grown into a stunning hedge. once established it will soon form an integral part of any native hedging scheme. A blaze of autumn colour will extend the season of interest and then, as the leaves fall, the structure of the plant will be revealed, with it's grey, fluted branches weaving a winter web of fine twigs.
Beech is the perfect candidate for hedging and has traditionally been used on many large estates . It can be grown to almost any height as a hedge or privacy screen and will maintain a good density and tidy shape, usually only needing to be clipped once or twice a year. Over winter, Beech tends to hold onto most of its dead leaves, and sheds them in the spring when the new shoots start to appear, helping to keep privacy to a maximum.
Holly has just about every quality you need to make an effective secure boundary. The evergreen leaves will form a permanent dense screen for privacy, the spiky edges to them will also make a good deterrent. Berries in the winter add a touch of colour and give all year interest, and the birds will appreciate a tasty source of food too! Easy to grow and maintain, either formally, or left to grow to give a more natural look.
For an unusually coloured hedgerow, Copper beech is the perfect candidate. It can be grown to almost any height as a hedge or privacy screen and will maintain a good density and tidy shape, usually only needing to be clipped once or twice a year. Over winter, Copper Beech tends to hold onto most of its dead leaves, and sheds them in the spring when the new shoots start to appear.
Growing well in conditions that other plants would struggle in, Sea Buckthorn is a perfect hedging plant for coastal areas as it prefers dry, sandy soils. Its small, silvery leaves cover prickly/thorny stems making it great for security hedging and the yellow flowers which appear in late spring turn into bright orange berries that are packed with vitamin C!
Burnet Roses make a perfect low hedge as a decorative boundary to parts of your garden. ideal for front gardens where often height restrictions are in place but you still want to deter unwanted visitors.