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Hedging
Not thought of as the most interesting part of the garden but probably the most widely purchased item.

A hedge defines your property and is the first thing people see when thy approach your home or business. A hedge can give you privacy and can be much more attractive than a wall or fence.

Again the different options are endless with evergreen hedges being popular for year round cover but other hedges can still give you that too. Again I have put together a selection of what we consider our best hedging plants with a few interesting ideas thrown in for good measure and if you can’t see what you want please call us for a price
  • Buxus Sempervirens / Box

    Common box makes a fabulous formal hedge forming a dense, evergreen screen of small, rounded, lustrous, dark green leaves. One of our favourite plants in our own garden designs, it's an excellent backdrop for traditional herbaceous borders. Box is happy growing in a sunny spot but the combination of dry soil and full sun may encourage poor growth and leaf scorching.

    9cm  10-15cm €1.00
    2L  20-30cm €3.50
    7.5L 60-80cm €7.50

  • Carpinus betulus / Hornbeam

    Vivid green catkins in March, followed by clusters of green fruit, and toothed mid-green leaves turning orange and gold in autumn. Hornbeam is an excellent native hedge, very similar in appearance to beech but unlike beech it tolerates wet, clay soils and responds well to pruning, making it perfect for training as a formal hedge.

    7.5L  150-175  €15.00

  • Escalonia Donards seedling

    Colourful fast growing evergreen with small, glossy, dark green leaves. Masses of saucer-shaped pink tinted white flowers from June to October. An excellent for seaside areas but not suitable for cold positions exposed to cold drying winds. Can be grown and kept as a lovely flowering hedge.

    2L 30-50cm €3.50
    10L 80-100cm €12.50

  • Fagus sylvatica / Beech

    Splendid with green leaves that turn a rich copper in autumn. It does make a superb hedge, retaining the brown leaves through winter and only loosing them when the new foliage appears in spring. It will make a lovely formal hedge that also acts as an excellent windbreak. 

    It is slow growing so a little more patience is required but definitely worth the wait. Beech can be planted bare-root in the winter an ideal time to plant and this also keeps the cost of the plants down. 

    3L  60-90cm  €3.00
    5L 120-150cm €5.50

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