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Hedging - Low hedges
These hedging plants will tolerate tight clipping making them suitable for a neat, low edge to formal beds or to create different 'rooms' within your garden.
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).
Ilex crenata Convexa - Japanese Holly
€3.80
Japanese Holly This Holly is an ideal alternative for the disease-prone Box. It clips just as well and can be kept very low and neat, while its small, glossy, curved, leaf gives it a year-round freshness. Ilex crenata Convexa is evergreen and is superb at creating dense and bushy low hedges. Good in most soils except wet, it will grow in light s...
Ilex crenata Dark Green
Ilex crenata Dark Green
€3.80
Japanese Holly Dark Green Japanese holly is often grown as a substitute for box in gardens which have suffered from box blight, as it tolerates hard clipping and is ideal for hedging and topiary. Ilex crenata Dark Green is a fairly slow-growing, robust, evergreen shrub or small tree, with an upright habit, ideal for hedging. The small, glossy le...
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...
Olearia x haastii
Olearia x haastii
€10.00
Daisy Bush Dense, bushy evergreen shrub with glossy greyish-green leaves that are white-felted underneath. Daisy-like, white, yellow-centred flowers appear in July & August.One of the best choices for a low seaside hedge. Olearia x hastii has small leaves that clip extremely well, its moderate growth rate makes it easy to maintain and even i...
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...
Berberis darwinii Nana
Berberis darwinii Nana
€12.00
Dwarf Darwin’s Barberry A low growing, dense evergreen shrub that makes excellent groundcover or a tough low growing flowering hedge. The shiny, small, holly-like leaves of Berberis darwinii Nana are smothered in orange-yellow bell-shaped flowers in Spring and early Summer and are followed by edible purple berries in Autumn. A great low growing ...
Berberis thungbergii atropurpurea
€2.50
Purple Berberis A medium sized shrub with tall arching stems, bronze-purple foliage which has vivid red autumn colour. The purple leaf of this deciduous Japanese barberry makes it stand out from the crowd. It has yellow cup-shaped flowers in Spring; an abundance of scarlet berries adorn its spiny branches in the Autumn. Berberis thunbergii atrop...
Berberis wilsoniae
Berberis wilsoniae
€4.00
Wilson's Barberry A semi-evergreen, compact rounded shrub with arching thorny branches and grey-green leaves. Pale yellow flowers come in Spring and are followed by coral-pink berries. Good autumn colours. Deer resistant. Site: Tolerates exposureSoil: Any well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeSeason of Interest: Semi-evergreen, yel...
Euonymus japonicus Microphyllus
€3.50
Box-leaf Spindle A small, slow-growing form of the Japanese spindle, Euonymus japonicus Microphyllus is an evergreen shrub particularly useful in the aftermath of box blight as a substitute for box hedging. It clips very well, and is perhaps even more attractive than box, having bright new growth and more richly coloured leaves. Absolutely worth...
Hypericum x hidcoteense Hidcote
€3.00
Hypericum Hidcote An excellent summer flowering shrub with large (3") bright yellow flowers with orange anthers, making for an attractive low flowering hedge. This is a low-maintenance semi-evergreen shrub with neat oval green leaves which needs little or no regular pruning- if you do prune, do so in mid to late Spring. Hypericum Hidcote holds t...
Ilex crenata Green Hedge - Japanese Holly
€3.50
Japanese Holly Green Hedge This Ilex is another great substitute for the blight-prone Box plant. It clips just as neat and is perhaps the closest in appearance to Box- it would take a trained eye to see the difference in a clipped hedge. Ilex crenata Green Hedge is evergreen and hardy. It prefers its soil on the slightly acidic side, growing in ...
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...
Lonicera pileata
Lonicera pileata
€3.00
Lonicera pileata A low growing, evergreen shrub that makes excellent groundcover or a low hedge. Small, fragrant, funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers appear in Spring and pretty, violet-blue translucent berries in Winter and are attractive to birds. Branches that touch the ground will root-in and the plant will slowly spread over time if allowed ...
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 ...
Quercus ilex - Holm Oak
Quercus ilex - Holm Oak
€4.00
Quercus ilex - Holm Oak Grown as a Tree Quercus ilex makes an imposing specimen tree as tall as any mighty Oak, Introduced From the Northern Mediterranean in the 1600's, Holm Oaks were often planted as entrance trees in larger estates, and many still remain alive today. Best known for its incredible coastal resilience and salt tolerance; though ...
Taxus baccata - Yew
Taxus baccata - Yew
€4.00
Common Yew (Lúr) Often found as a very ancient tree, Taxus baccata is a medium-sized to large, rather slow-growing, evergreen tree with beautiful red bark and a dense, bushy, spreading habit. The very narrow, leathery leaves are very dark green, in pairs on either side of the shoot. Insignificant flowers appear in spring, and are followed, on fe...