Beech (fagus sylvatica)

Deciduous tree that keeps its dead leaves over winter.  Food plant of many moths.  Makes a good hedge and can be closely clipped.  Supplied 60 - 80 cm.

 

Blackthorn (prunus spinosa)

Please see Sloe below.

 

Coastal Hedge Mix

These plants are tolerant of strong winds and salty air.  They won't grow in sand but are fine by the sea.  Consists of 30% Hawthorn, 20% Blackthorn and 10% each of 5 from Cotoneaster, Eleagnus, Tamarisk, Sea Buckthorn, Rose and Willow.  100 plants - enough to plant 25 metres.

 

Conservation Hedge Mix

50% Hawthorn and 10% each of 5 species from the following:

Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Dog Rose, Dogwood, Field Maple, Guelder Rose, Hazel, Pear, Privet, Spindle, Sweet Briar, Wayfaring Tree.

100 plants - enough to plant 25 metres.  60 - 80 cm high.

 

Crab Apple (malus sylvestris)

Small, deciduous tree, common in oak woods and hedges. Supplied 60 - 80 cm high. More info

 

Edible Hedge Mix

A mix of hedgerow plants that provide fruit for wildlife. 

Includes 50% Cherry Plum, 20% Hazel and 10% of some of the following - Crab Apple, Dog Rose, Pear, Sweet Briar etc.  50 plants.

Field Maple (acer campestre)

Small tree with yellow-green flowers.  Deciduous.  Supports epiphytic lichens and bryophytes and many insects.  Supplied 60 - 80 cm high.  More info

 

Hawthorn (crataegus mongyna)

Scented white flowers which turn into red beries.  deciduous and thorny.  Birds like the berries.  Only 60 - 80 cm height available.   More info

 

Hazel (corylus avellara)

Also known as Cobnut.  Long, yellow catkins from February/March.  Deciduous.  Birds, squirrels, mice (and humans) enjoy the nuts!  Height 60 - 80 cm. More info

 

Hedge Mix 1

20 plants, 40 - 60 cm high - enough to plant a hedge 5 metres long.  Consists of 10 Hawthorn, 5 Blackthorn, 1 Spindle, 1 Beech, 2 Field Maple, 1 Crab Apple.  If a particular variety is out of stock then another variety will be added.

 

Hedge Mix 2

20 plants, 40 - 60 cm high - enough to plant a 5 metre hedge.  Consists of 7 Hawthorn, 5 Blackthorn, 2 Spindle, 2 Field Maple, 2 Hazel, 2 Hornbeam.  If a particular variety is out of stock, another variety will be added.

 

Hedge Mix 3

 

20 plants, 40 - 60 cm high -enough to plant a 5 metre hedge.  Consists of 10 Hawthorn, 3 Blackthorn, 2 Wild privet,  2 Beech,  2 Crab Apple, 1 Hazel.  If a particular variety is out of stock, another variety will be added.

 

Hedge Mix 4

20 plants, 40 - 60 cm high, enough to plant a hedge 5 metres long.  Consists of - 10 Hawthorn, 5 Blackthorn, 3 Beech, 2 Wild Privet.  If a variety is out of stock then another variety will be added.

 

Hornbeam (carpinus betulus)

Saw-edged leaves and hop-like fruits which birds enjoy. 

Makes a good single species hedge.   Only 60 - 80 cm height available. More inf

 

Nature Mix

This is a thornless mix and great for birds and small mammals.  This is NOT a hedge mix but designed instead to be planted in a wood or copse to provide cover and food for wildlife.

10% Laurel plus 4 species other species such as  Shrub Honeysuckle, Snoberry, , Cotoneaster, False Cypress, Privet and Cherry Plum. 50 plants.

 

Sloe or Blackthorn (prunus spinosa)

Fruits are the main ingredient in sloe gin.  One of the first trees to bloom in spring with white flowers, which turn into purple berries (sloes).  Birds like the berries.  Deciduous.  Thorny.  Only 60 - 80 cm height available. More info

 

Spindle (euonymous europaeus)

Small, greeny flowers that give way to pink fruits which eventually split to reveal orange seeds.  Leaves turn red in autumn.  Food plant of Holly Blue butterfly.  Only 60 - 80 cm height available.  More info.  TOXIC.

 

Wild Privet (ligustrum vulgare)

Semi-evergreen hedge plant with dark green leaves and masses of small, strong-smelling flowers in summer, followed by black berries.  Excellent butterfly plant – Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, and Peacock butterflies may hibernate in it -  and bird plant.  It is the food plant of the Privet Hawk, Swallowtailed, Lilac Beauty, Barred Toothed Striped, Yellow Barred Brindle, Small Bloodvein, Coronet, White Letter, Black Hairstreak  moth.   Other butterflies – Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper and Hedge Brown.  Bees love the flowers too.  It is also fast-growing. 

 

Leaves yield a yellow dye.  Will tolerate exposed, windy conditions, coastal areas and chalky soil.  It is also shade tolerant.  Flowers also attract bees.  Makes a very good single-species wildlife hedge.  TOXIC.

  

 

 

Dogwood, Common (cornus sanguinea)
Ht 60 - 80 cm. 


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