- Home
- Hedging - Native
Hedging - Native
Hedgerows are a vital resource for our native fauna, especially when planted with species that wildlife love. These native hedging species provide food, shelter, and an abundance of beautiful flowers throughout the spring and summer.
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).
Frangula alnus - Alder Buckthorn
€26.00
Alder Buckthorn One of Ireland's rarest native trees, Alnus Frangula can also be found throughout Europe, northernmost Africa, and western Asia. Alder Buckthorn has dark green leaves that turn yellow in Autumn. The long season of inconspicuous flowers are followed by abundant red berries that mature to black. The bark is dark blackish-brown, wit...
Ilex aquifolium - Holly
Ilex aquifolium - Holly
€8.00
Ilex aquifolium - Holly A slow-growing native evergreen tree, well known for its spiky leaves and red berries. Holly is tough, robust enough to handle the harshest of environments, from dark valleys to extreme coastal locations - though it thrives best with the protection of other trees around it. It is a very important species for insects and b...
Juniperus communis Hibernica
Juniperus communis Hibernica
€60.00
Irish Juniper A columnar tree, ideal for forming a focal point in courtyards, small gardens or formal landscapes, Juniperus communis Hibernica Is a medium-sized, slow-growing, evergreen conifer with a narrowly upright habit. The scale-like, needle-like leaves are grey-green. Needs minimal pruning, if any, and generally a low-maintenance tree. On...
Prunus avium Plena - Double flowered Wild Cherry
€55.00
Wild or Gean Cherry - (Crann silín fiáin) A very attractive native flowering tree: in Spring it can be seen from miles away with its bright white flowers. It is a valuable habitat tree for many, insects and birds alike, and if that is not enough it produces small, edible but tart cherries and offers excellent Autumn colour, from deep reds to bri...
Alnus glutinosa - Common Alder
€1.50
Common Alder (Fearnóg) One of Ireland's most widely distributed trees, often found in damp boggy areas and along river banks. Like most broad-leaved trees, Alnus glutinosa flowers before the leaves are out with attractive long reddish catkins appearing as early as January. The female flowers produce small cones, and these can stay on the tree al...
Corylus avellana - Hazel
Corylus avellana - Hazel
€1.80
Corylus avellana - Hazel A native Irish tree, once believed to be the tree of knowledge, Corylus avellana is a large, deciduous shrub or small tree with a spreading, bushy habit. The large, mid-green leaves are broad, almost round, with a serrated edge, and turn yellow in autumn. The long, yellow male catkins appear in January and February; alth...
Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn
€1.00
Hawthorn - ‘Sceach gheal’ Our most common hedgerow species. Hawthorn, Whitethorn, or ‘Sceach gheal’ in Irish, it goes under many names and is one of our most important native hedgerow species. It makes a fantastic neat deciduous hedge as it clips well but can also be left to grow. Crataegus monogyna is easily recognisable in the month of May whe...
Euonymus europaeus - Spindle
€2.00
Spindle (Feoras) Sometimes known as Spindleberry or burning bush, Euonymus europaeus is native to Ireland. It usually grows tall and narrow, although given enough space it can reach more than 5m high and wide. Often planted as part of a hedgerow but its many cultivars are becoming common in gardens. In Summer it has tiny greenish-white flowers, ...
Juniperus communis - Common Juniper
€4.00
Common Juniper (Aiteal) Not only is it one of Ireland’s native evergreen conifers, it is also the most widespread conifer in the world. It carries grey-green juvenile foliage throughout its life which is prickly to the touch. The foliage also has a silvery underside. The Common Juniper grows into a medium sized shrub to tree. Eventually bearing ...
Ligustrum vulgare - Native privet
€3.00
Native Privet Ligustrum vulgare Wild Privet Tough, lime-tolerant, Ligustrum vulgare is deciduous, sometimes semi-evergreen and has long been used as a hedging plant for fields, particularly in Northern Ireland. It’s a medium-sized shrub with a bushy habit and dull-green, lance-shaped leaves. In summer, pretty panicles of tiny white flowers appe...
Malus sylvestris - Crabapple
€2.00
Malus sylvestris - Crabapple A native Irish tree often found in old hedgerows or found deliberated planted round old farmsteads, Malus sylvestris is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree with a spreading, rounded canopy and bushy habit. The mid-green leaves are oval. Beautiful pinkish-white blossom, very nectar-rich and attractive to pollinator...
Prunus padus - Bird Cherry
€1.80
Bird Cherry - (Donnroisc) An small growing native tree that is adaptable to many situations, Prunus padus has striking almond-scented flowers borne on small upright panicles in April. In Autumn it is often laden with small, dark, bitter cherries which are a favourite of all kinds of birds. Like Wild Cherry, the Spring flowers provide an early so...
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...
Salix aurita - Eared Willow
€3.00
Eared Willow A small shrubby willow that is native to Ireland and also grows across most of Europe. Interesting looking crinkled leaves are very characteristic of this species and at the base of each leaf there are a pair of 'stipules', which are said to resemble mouse ears. Thanks to its shrubby habit, birds are always building their nests wi...
Salix caprea - Pussy Willow
€2.50
Pussy or Goat Willow - (Saileach Dubh) One of the most widely distributed willows in the world, Salix caprea is native to Ireland and known to grow as far east as China and Mongolia, and as far north as Scandinavia. It is one of the common willows of Ireland. For centuries it has been referred to as 'pussy willow' because of its furry catkins ...
Salix cinerea - Grey Willow
€2.50
Grey Willow A tough, mid sized vigorous willow native to Ireland and most of Europe, Salix cinerea is said to be one of the most resilient willows, growing from the dry beaches on the coast of Spain to some of the highest mountains in the Alps up to 2500m elevation. It is such a potent plant that there is a saying that goes "if you stand still...
Sambucus nigra - Elder
Sambucus nigra - Elder
€2.50
Native Elder - (Tromán) One of the most well known native trees, Sambucus nigra is an exceptionally good wildlife-supporting species in Ireland and fits into any hedgerow. In Spring you will often hear the tree buzzing with excitement as thousands of insects are seen feeding off of the flowers. And don't be surprised to see people wandering hedg...
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...
Viburnum opulus - Guelder Rose
€2.00
Guelder Rose (Caorchan) An attractive native shrub often seen in country hedgerows. Viburnum opulus has maple-like leaves and beautiful white lace-cap flowers in the Spring, followed by clusters of translucent red berries in early Autumn. It is a great addition to a wildlife fruiting hedgerow especially. Site: Tolerates some exposureSoil: Any we...