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Hedging - Thorny Hedges
Whether you need to control livestock or need a secure boundary, these thorny plants will do the job. Choose from typical country hedging like Whitethorn and Blackthorn or try something different like Berberis or Pyracantha (Firethorn). Many of these spiny plants give the added bonus of abundant fruit for wildlife.
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 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...
Pyracantha coccinea Red Column
Pyracantha coccinea Red Column
€10.00
Pyracantha coccinea Red Column - Firethorn Red Column is an upright form of Pyracantha. This is a tough dense prickly shrub that will readily train up a wall or trellis and can also make an impenetrable hedge. It bears white blossom in summer and generous quantities of red berries in Autumn and into Winter. Site: Tolerates exposureSoil: Any well...
Pyracantha coccinea Red Cushion
€3.00
Pyracantha Red Cushion A compact shrub, ideal for the smaller garden, Pyracantha coccinea Red Cushion Is a small to medium-sized evergreen shrub with a rounded, mound-forming habit and thorny branches. The small, pointed leaves are deep green. Thick clusters of single, white flowers appear in spring on the previous year’s growth, and are perfect...
Pyracantha Golden Charmer
Pyracantha Golden Charmer
€12.50
Pyracantha Golden Charmer - Firethorn Pyracantha has been a favourite plant for a long time because it presents a low-maintenance plant that can grow almost anywhere. This variety has glossy green foliage and small white flowers that are followed by yellow berries that darken as they age. Pyracantha Golden Charmer is an easy plant to train up a ...
Pyracantha Orange Glow
Pyracantha Orange Glow
€12.50
Pyracantha Orange Glow - Firethorn Orange Glow is a vigorous orange-berried form of Pyracantha with a more erect habit than other varieties. These tough prickly shrubs are easy to grow and train readily up a wall or other support and also make a good dense hedge. The white flowers are borne in sprays in summer and the orange berries that follow...
Pyracantha Soleil d'Or
Pyracantha Soleil d'Or
€10.00
Pyracantha Soleil d'Or - Yellow Firethorn This is a yellow-berried form of Pyracantha. Pyracantha Soleil d’Or is an easy plant to train up a wall or other support and also makes a good dense hedge. The white flowers are borne in sprays in summer and the berries provide a bright display of yellow as well as food for birds in the winter. Pyracant...
Berberis darwinii
Berberis darwinii
€3.50
Darwin’s Barberry A large growing, dense evergreen shrub that makes an excellent backdrop to other shrubs but also works very well as a tough flowering hedge. The shiny, small, holly-like leaves of Berberis Darwinii are smothered in orange-yellow bell-shaped flowers in Spring & early Summer and are followed by edible purple berries in Autumn...
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 julianae
Berberis julianae
€3.50
Berberis julianae - Barberry A robust evergreen shrub with a dense, bushy, upright habit. Berberis julianae has glossy, spiny-edged, deep green leaves that are pale green underneath and the shrub is covered in large sharp thorns. Clusters of yellow or orange flowers in late spring are followed by blue-black berries. This is the ultimate plant fo...
Berberis thunbergii
Berberis thunbergii
€3.00
Japanese Barberry Available on request, please ask. A spiny medium-sized deciduous shrub of compact habit and a great option for a low to medium-high hedge, Japanese barberry produces yellow cupped shaped Spring flowers. It clips well, making a neat hedge. It comes into its own in the Autumn when its green foliage turns shades of orange and red,...
Berberis thunbergii Coronita
€6.00
Japanese Barberry Coronita Noted for its unusual foliage, Berberis thunbergii Coronita is a very prickly, deciduous shrub with a rather sprawling habit. The leaves are deep red, edged with lime green. Small cream-coloured flowers appear over a long period from spring to early summer; glossy red berries appear in autumn. Japanese barberry Coroni...
Berberis thunbergii Rose Glow
€5.00
Barberry Rose Glow A medium sized deciduous shrub with an upright habit and stiff prickly branches. New shoots are purple, developing mottled silvery pink and rose variegation. Pale yellow flowers appear in May. This is a very attractive berberis and offers good foliage colour throughout the summer amongst other shrubs. Holds the RHS award of ga...
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 vulgaris
Berberis vulgaris
€4.00
European Barberry A deciduous prickly shrub with green foliage and pendulous racemes of small yellow flowers in Spring and red berries in Autumn. Berberis vulgaris makes a good barrier hedge. For those interested in fruiting and wildlife hedges. Its edible but rather tart berries are abundant in Autumn, are high in Vitamin C and can be eaten raw...
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...
Berberis x media Red Jewel
€4.00
Barberry Red Jewel A spiny, semi-evergreen shrub. Slightly toothed, mid to dark green leaves which are bronzy-red when young turning green through Summer and then a rich red through Autumn. Small clusters of yellow flowers in late spring followed by red-purple fruits. Makes a good specimen or a tough, prickly and striking hedge with good colour ...
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...
Crataegus persimilis Prunifolia
€3.50
Plum Leaved Hawthorn This deciduous Hawthorn has so many great merits. Crataegus prunifolia has an unusual glossy oval leaf, long thorns and the familiar white flowers in May that are followed by extra big, deep red berries that persist on the tree for a long time. The leaves on the Plum Leaved Hawthorn often turn a lovely orange-red in Autumn a...
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...
Pyracantha Orange Charmer
€3.00
Pyracantha Orange Charmer - Firethorn Vigorous growing pyracantha with an open habit. Glossy green leaves and small white flowers that are loved by bees are followed by dark orange berries. Pyracantha Orange Charmer is an easy plant to train up a wall or other support and also makes a good dense hedge. The berries provide excellent food for bir...