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The classic clipped hedge, whether evergreen or deciduous, creates a formal boundary providing shelter and a backdrop for more showy flowering plants.
Bareroot hedging | mid-November to March
Bareroot hedging is only available while the plants are dormant from mid-November to March. You can learn more about the differences between bareroot and potted plants and about planting a bareroot hedge in our advice section.
Potted hedging | all year round
Potted hedging is available all year, but the best selection, and the best time to plant, is in late spring (April to May) and early autumn (September to October).
Elaeagnus x ebbingei Compacta
Elaeagnus x ebbingei Compacta
€8.50
Elaeagnus x ebbingei Compacta An excellent variety for hedging, Elaeagnus x ebbingei Compacta is a fast-growing, evergreen shrub with a dense, bushy habit. Unlike Elaeagnus x ebbingei, this variety is well behaved and more compact shrub making it easier to maintain into a tidy hedge. It also has more prominent silvery leaves when they emerge, as...
Fagus sylvatica Atropunicea - Copper Beech
€55.00
Copper Beech Grown as a Tree Given enough space and time, Fagus sylvatica Atropunicea, the European Purple or Copper Beech, is a large broadleaf tree that will grow into a magnificent specimen. Left to grow freely, Fagus sylvatica Atropunicea will form a broad oval crown which will eventually reach anything from 60-100 feet (20-30m) given the ri...
Griselinia littoralis
Griselinia littoralis
€5.20
Griselinia littoralis A popular hedge here in Ireland and known as Kapuka in New Zealand, where it originates. Griselinia makes a fast, dense and reliable evergreen coastal hedge. It takes clipping extremely well and can be kept very neat if required. Its soft lime green leaves belie is coastal hardiness. It will grow in most soils and will tole...
Lonicera nitida May Green
€3.00
Shrubby Honeysuckle May Green A compact form of the shrubby honeysuckle, Lonicera nitida May Green is a small to medium-sized, rather slow-growing, evergreen shrub with a dense, upright, spreading habit, ideal for hedging or topiary. The leaves are small, oval, leathery and very bright, glossy green, rather like those of box. If the shrub is not...
Photinia x fraseri Red Robin
Photinia x fraseri Red Robin
€24.00
Red Robin Everyone likes a bit of colour and Photinia Red Robin does not disappoint: a large, dense, evergreen shrub with glossy green and purple-red foliage. Makes an excellent specimen on its own but is most often planted as a hedge. The fresh growth can be anywhere between dark to bright red and can be a welcome sight in Winter and early Spri...
Prunus laurocerasus Rotundifolia - Cherry Laurel
€4.95
Cherry Laurel A fast growing and reliable evergreen hedge. The large glossy leaves of Prunus laurocerasus Rotundifolia are a common sight across Ireland and it is its speed of growth and its reliability that make this Laurel an easy choice. Great for a quick screen, it has a bushy, wide-spreading habit and is also good where shade is an issue. T...
Prunus lusitanica Angustifolia AGM - Portugal Laurel
€9.00
Portugal Laurel - Angustifolia Grown as a Tree A large evergreen shrub or small tree, a relatively slow growing form with good bushy foliage of glossy dark green leaves on red stems. Spikes of small fragrant white flowers appear in late Spring on unclipped plants. Eventually, makes a dense conical tree if left unpruned. Grown as a Hedge Prunus l...
Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam
€2.00
Hornbeam Grown as a Tree A great tree for damp ground, Hornbeam make a good stately tree when mature, it will take the heavy ground that Beech dislikes and is a great grower in our wet climate. The wood is heavy and hard and is used for tools; it also burns hot and slowly, making it a very suitable tree for growing for firewood. Holds the RHS aw...
Elaeagnus x ebbingei
Elaeagnus x ebbingei
€3.00
Elaeagnus x ebbingei Adaptable, vigorous evergreen shrub with silvery grey-green leaves. Elaeagnus x ebbingei makes one of the best coastal hedges and is considered a front line coastal shrub. The dense bushy habit also makes it an ideal evergreen hedge for inland gardens. Insignificant but highly scented flowers appear in Autumn and edible berr...
Fagus sylvatica - Green Beech
€1.50
Green Beech Grown as a Tree A well known, stately tree that is found throughout old estates and woodlands across Ireland. Fagus sylvatica, better known as Green Beech, is ultimately a very large deciduous tree with a dense broad head. Wavy-edged leaves emerge pale green and silky, maturing to glossy dark green. Fairly insignificant yellow-green ...
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 ...
Ligustrum ovalifolium aureum - Golden Privet
€3.00
Golden Privet The foliage of the Golden Privet will brighten up any garden. It is semi-evergreen, holding its leaf year round in all but the harshest of Winters. Ligustrum ovalifolium aureum will grow nearly anywhere - including poor soils, in moderate shade and can be seen growing well in some coastal areas. If your garden needs some colour, Go...
Lonicera nitida
Lonicera nitida
€3.00
Boxleaf Honeysuckle Dense, small-leaved evergreen shrub. The glossy, oval and dark-green foliage can turn bronze in Winter. Very hardy, a good alternative to box. Site: Tolerates inland exposureSoil: Well-drained normal soilsPosition: Tolerates full sun, to full shadeSeason of Interest: Evergreen foliage & creamy-white flowers in early Summe...
Lonicera nitida Baggensons Gold
€3.00
Boxleaf Honeysuckle Attractive, tiny yellow leaves crowd the slender, arching shoots of this dense, bushy evergreen. Capable of greater height when trained against a wall. Site: Tolerates inland exposureSoil: Well-drained normal soilsPosition: Tolerates full sun, to full shadeSeason of Interest: Golden evergreen foliageHardiness: HardyHeight: 5...
Photinia serratifolia Crunchy
€12.50
Photinia serratifolia Crunchy Serrated Photinia is a Taiwanese species, vigorous, with stronger branches but less branched than Photinia x fraseri hybrids, and large, leathery, serrated leaves. Young coppery leaves become chocolate brown then dark green in summer. Flowering takes place in spring, delicate panicles of white flowers are followed b...
Photinia x fraseri Little Red Robin
€10.00
Christmas Berry Little Red Robin A dwarf form of photinia, needing very little maintenance, Photinia x fraseri Little Red Robin is an average- to slow-growing, evergreen shrub for smaller, milder gardens. The leaves emerge a brilliant, glossy red, darkening slowly to a deep, glossy green; they are brighter red, and smaller and more rounded than ...
Prunus laurocerasus Caucasica
€2.80
Caucasian Laurel A quick growing evergreen hedge, Prunus laurocerasus Caucasica is similar to common Laurel but has a distinctly more upright habit. Caucasian Laurel suits the gardener who likes the reliability of common Laurel but has either less space or wishes to keep their hedge narrower. The leaves are generally a darker green and it will t...
Prunus laurocerasus rotundifolia Novita - Cherry laurel
€3.50
Laurel Novita A recently introduced selection of cherry laurel, Prunus lauro. Novita has been bred for its exceptional hardiness and disease resistance. It has all the attributes of common laurel- evergreen, quick, tough, reliable and will take shade. Any regular free draining soil, not suitable for coastal exposure. The leaves and seeds are poi...
Prunus lusitanica - Portugal Laurel
€4.95
Portugal Laurel Grown as a Tree A large evergreen shrub or small tree with dark green glossy foliage and reddish stems. If left to grow, Prunus lusitanica makes a very interesting evergreen tree with sprays of small, slightly fragrant, white flowers in spring followed by small red fruits turning to dark purple but it is most often planted as an ...
Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn
€1.20
Blackthorn, Sloe - (Draighean) Grown as a Tree A well known native tree, the strong white flowers appear before the leaves and it is a great herald of Spring in our hedgerows across the country. The timber from blackthorn is dense, burns exceptionally well and with little smoke, it is also used to make shillelagh sticks & In folklore, blackt...