An established hedge will not blow down in the wind like a fence, it does not need painting, won’t go rotten and will last a lifetime if trimmed regularly.  Most hedges only need to be pruned once a year and if they are kept to the same height as a fence panel, i.e. 6ft, they are easy to maintain with a hedgetrimmer and there is no need to go on a wobbly ladder.

Yes, you can plant hedges in the winter. In fact, it is one of the best times to plant hedging. You can plant bare-root, root-balled or pot-grown hedging as long as you can get a spade in the ground!  

An evergreen hedge in your garden can provide you with year-round interest and privacy. Here are our top 5 evergreen hedges.

Late spring or early summer is the best time to trim most hedges including laurel and leylandii hedges. You can prune a laurel hedge...

Autumn is a great time to plant hedging. The advantage of planting in autumn is that the soil has near-perfect conditions. It is warm, moist and easy to dig. This gives the hedging plants enough time to begin establishing their roots before winter.

You can plant container or pot-grown hedging plants at any time of year as long as you water any that are planted during the growing season

Leylandii was shown to be the best filter of particulates according to a study from the Universities of Southampton.and Sussex and were 40% better at capturing particulate matter than the native trees tested due to the ‘finer, more complex structure of their foliage’.

During winter and early spring, you can plant rootballed hedging plants. These are plants that are grown in a field (rather than in pots) and are dug with a ball of soil around the roots. They are then wrapped in hessian and can be planted as they are to form a hedge. Once plants start to grow, they can no longer be dug from the field so we have to stop selling rootballed plants. 

We are now happy to report that we have new batches of Laurel hedging plants available for sale again.

We have been growing on some larger Leylandii 9ft, 10ft, 11ft and 12ft tall (2.5-2.75m up to 3.5-3.75m) and they are now ready for sale.