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Hedging - Choose your own seaside hedge mix
There are a lot of single variety hedges that are suitable for coastal areas, however, if you want something with a bit more seasonal interest and variety, this informal mix of evergreen and deciduous coastal hardy plants will give year round interest.
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Our suggested mix
The point of choose-your-own is so that you can create a mix of the plants that you love most, but if you would like a suggestion for an affordable, lovely mix, we would simply choose an even mixture of as many of the below species as possible:
Cotoneaster franchetii - Franchet's Cotoneaster
Ligustrum ovalifolium - Green Privet
Rosa rugosa - Dog rose
Fuchsia riccartonii - Red Fuchsia
Hydrangea macrophylla
The more diversity in a mixed hedge, the better, but if there are only a few species available, don't worry! Any mixture of two plants or more is still a mixed hedge!
Site
Tolerates coastal exposure and will grow in any reasonable free draining ground.
Spacing
We recommend planting this hedge at 3 plants per meter, ideally planted in groups that repeat themselves along the hedge.
Pruning
Trim the plants after planting to encourage bushy growth. A decent cut in the Spring followed by a tidy up in the Autumn will take care of this hedge.
Care
Keeping any young hedge weed and grass free is vital to the overall vigour and health of the hedge. Using weed membrane keeps back weeds and insulates the roots and will greatly increase growth rates, as well as cutting down on your weeding work. Mulching is another great option for insulating the roots and holding back weeds, bark mulch is the most commonly used medium.
Cotoneaster franchetii
Cotoneaster franchetii
€8.50
Franchet's Cotoneaster This semi-evergreen Cotoneaster is a good choice for a tough site. It has an elegant arching habit, grows fast and clips well. Cotoneaster franchetii produces small white to light pink flowers around early June and has a lovely orange berry in the Autumn. It will take wind, some shade and a good bit of coastal exposure, gr...
Cotoneaster lacteus
Cotoneaster lacteus
€8.00
Late Cotoneaster A striking, late-berrying shrub for the garden, Cotoneaster lacteus is a large, evergreen, flowering shrub, which can also be grown as a hedge or on banks and slopes. The deep green, ovate leaves, 2 ¼”/6cm long, have downy white hairs on the underside. Small, single, white flowers appear in summer, and are perfect for pollinator...
Fuchsia Riccartonii - Red Fuchsia
€3.00
Red Fuchsia A familiar sight on the highways and byways of West Cork, Fuchsia riccartonii originated in Chile and Argentina but is now naturalised here. It makes a great deciduous hedge, covered with an abundance of its famous, pink & red flowers, which persist long through the Summer. It will take what the Atlantic ocean throws at it and c...
Hydrangea macrophylla
Hydrangea macrophylla
€3.00
Hydrangea macrophylla Originally from Japan, Hydrangea macrophylla is the species from which the mophead and lacecap cultivars all derive. Less showy than these cultivars, the species is suited to more naturalistic plantings. Flower colour varies from blue to pink to mauve, depending on the soil. In strongly acid soil (pH below 6), flowers turn ...
Ligustrum ovalifolium - Green Privet
€3.00
Green Privet A vigorous, upright semi-evergreen shrub and a familiar urban hedge, this versatile plant has a lot going for it. Ligustrum ovalifolium can be kept very neat, as it responds well to clipping. It is also tough, tolerating some coastal exposure and it will grow in relatively poor soils. It is considered a semi-evergreen hedge, it can ...
Rosa rugosa - Rugosa Rose
€2.00
Rosa rugosa - Dog Rose This hardy flowering Rose will grow where others will not. Rosa rugosa is considered a frontline coastal plant taking extreme coastal exposure. It makes a spiny deciduous bush with a suckering habit and creates a dense hedge quickly. Rosa rugosa has lovely soft pink, fragrant flowers in Spring that are followed by large ed...