Mixed Native Hedging Collection 90-120cm
This blockbuster collection of native hedges is perfect for producing an impressive hedging display with ease.Hedges are a simple, yet impactful, way to boost the privacy of the garden, creating a superb screen against incoming noise and wind. Thankfully, many hedges thrive in our gardens with little maintenance required.This collection produces luscious green-leaved displays across spring and summer, before developing autumnal shades as the year progresses. Flowers, catkins, fruit, and berries can be seen growing on certain hedges through the year, for non-stop interest.A welcome boost to your garden's wildlife, the full, bushy nature of the foliage acts as remarkable nesting spaces for birds, while berries and fruits feed small mammals and birds.Don't forget to use one of our handy bamboo cane and spiral guard sets when planting a bare root hedge. The cane will keep the bare root upright as it grows, while the spiral guard will protect the base of the plant from wildlife to achieve as thick a hedge as possible.Supplied as 50 bare root hedging plants, 90-120cm tall, including the following:Field Maple 'Acer campestre' x 5 - Large green leaves in a five-loped shape grow in abundance on Field Maple hedges, which transform to golden yellow in autumn. Springtime brings pollen-rich blossom in a yellow-green shade, while winged fruits form in autumn. Proud holder of the RHS Award of Garden Merit.Hazel 'Corylus avellana' x 5 - Bushy hedges with large, green, rounded leaves with serrated edges and pointed tips, turning orange-gold in autumn. Fluffy yellow catkins dangle on bare twigs in early spring, along with tiny yellow flowers, which are easy to miss. If some catkins and flowers are saved from trimming, green hazelnuts can grow in autumn to feed squirrels.Hawthorn 'Crataegus monogyna' x 25 - Hardy hedges with green leaves and dainty white, fragrant flowers in spring. In autumn, the flowers develop into dark red berries, loved by birds. Thorny branches and dense natured to form a barrier for the garden, as well as a habitat for more than 100 types of insects.Hornbeam 'Carpinus betulus' x 5 - Crinkle-edged green leaves emerge in spring, turning golden yellow in autumn. Green catkins appear towards the end of spring, before becoming winged fruits in autumn - loved by mammals and birds.Blackthorn 'Prunus spinosa' x 5 - A producer of delicious sloe fruits. Spring brings small white flowers, even before the oval-shaped green leaves have chance to emerge. Autumnal black fruits, similar to damsons, can be picked when ripe in November and turned into sweet, fruity gin.Dog Rose 'Rosa canina' x 5 - Dog Rose hedges grow rich green leaves and hooked thorns during spring and summer. Pale pink to white flowers emerge in summer, coating the plant with colour and bringing a floral aroma to the air. The flowers turn to red rose hips in autumn, which are delicious to birds.
