Our Practical Instant Hedge™ range now includes the attractive evergreen Osmanthus burkwoodii.

Burkwood osmanthus is a dense, slow-growing, evergreen. The glossy, finely toothed, dark green leaves beautifully offset by highly scented, jasmine like, white flowers in mid and late spring. If pruned after flowering, it will increase the blooms for the following year.

Osmanthus instant hedge thrives on free draining soils but may lose leaves in the severest of winters, so it is best grown in a sunny aspect with protection against biting winter winds.

Osmanthus burkwoodii has RHS Award of Garden Merit and is an attractive evergreen with seasonal interest that will prove popular as an instant hedge.

We have this available at 80cm to 100cm high as a Practical Instant Hedge™.

Click here to contact us if you would like a quote for this instant hedge.

Hedging Plants

We can also supply beautiful individual hedging plants and elements for different applications and extreme heights of up to 6 metres; see our Projects page or News Blog for examples of our work.

Elaeagnus Instant Hedge

Elaeagnus Instant Hedge is robust with tough silvery grey leaves that are frost, wind and salt resistant.

Elaeagnus ebbingei ‘Compacta’ makes a wonderful fast growing evergreen instant hedge.

Also known as Oleaster, this Instant Hedge has the benefit of fragrant flowers in the autumn and orange fruits in the spring.

Elaeagnus ebbingei is excellent for creating a dense evergreen screen anywhere but has particular value in coastal areas.

Horse Friendly Hedging

This evergreen instant hedges is suitable for horse fields and paddocks

This Practical Instant Hedge™ is currently available at 1.3 to 1.5m high.

Elaeagnus growing in the nursery at Iver, Bucks.

Click here to contact us if you would like a quote for this instant hedge.

aka eleagnus elagnus elaegnus

Griselinia Instant Hedge

Griselinia littoralis is a wonderful evergreen instant hedge, also known as Broadleaf or New Zealand Broadleaf, it has has leathery leaves which are an attractive light apple-green with inconspicuous yellow-green flowers in the spring followed by purple fruits on female plants in the Autumn.

This hedging plant is excellent for coastal locations as it is particularly tolerant of salt laden winds – indeed the ‘littoralis’ translates as ‘growing by the sea’.

Broadleaf instant hedging prefers acidic to slightly alkaline soil in either full sun or part shade. It is sensitive to a heavy frost so should be planted in a sheltered place although any damaged shoots can be pruned out and will regrow. It is therefore typically used as a hedge or evergreen screen in southern coastal locations but also does well in warmer inland areas.

Horse Friendly Hedging

Griselinia is another species of evergreen instant hedges that are suitable for horses

Griselinia is fast growing (30 – 40 cm/year) and should be trimmed at least once a year, in July or August.

Currently available at 90/100cm, 1.5/1.8m and 1.8m high as trough grown Practical Instant Hedge™.

Griselinia Practical Instant Hedge™ at the nursery in Iver

Click here to contact us if you would like a quote for this instant hedge.

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Yew Instant Hedge

Yew Instant Hedge is a very popular choice, a timeless classic if you like. At home in any garden style from the traditional to the more contemporary, a Yew hedge is a perfect choice for dense, mature  evergreen hedging.

The plant itself, Latin: Taxus baccata,  is a long lived native evergreen conifer that makes an excellent formal hedge when trimmed into classical lines and is also perfect for privacy screening. Sometimes referred to as English Yew, the leaves are shiny dark green needles that are pale green underneath.

This evergreen Instant Hedge should be planted a sunny or partially shaded position but will tolerate full shade. Taxus baccata is happy in both chalk and clay and will thrive in all but the most acidic of soils. However Yew does not like particularly wet sites so these should be avoided or suitable drainage should be installed prior to planting.

Although slow growing (5 – 20 cm/year) a Yew hedge should be trimmed once a year, preferably in August.

This Instant Hedging is available as a Practical Instant Hedge™ at 80 – 100cm high, 1.3m, 1.5m and 1.8/2m high.

Yew Instant Hedge growing at the nursery

Practical Instant Yew Hedge is supplied in easy to plant hedge bags

Click here to contact us if you would like a quote for this instant hedge.

Our Practical Instant Hedge™ range now includes the attractive evergreen Osmanthus burkwoodii.

Burkwood osmanthus is a dense, slow-growing, evergreen. The glossy, finely toothed, dark green leaves beautifully offset by highly scented, jasmine like, white flowers in mid and late spring. If pruned after flowering, it will increase the blooms for the following year.

Osmanthus instant hedge thrives on free draining soils but may lose leaves in the severest of winters, so it is best grown in a sunny aspect with protection against biting winter winds.

Osmanthus burkwoodii has RHS Award of Garden Merit and is an attractive evergreen with seasonal interest that will prove popular as an instant hedge.

We have this available at 80cm to 100cm high as a Practical Instant Hedge™.

Click here to contact us if you would like a quote for this instant hedge.

Hedging Plants

We can also supply beautiful individual hedging plants and elements for different applications and extreme heights of up to 6 metres; see our Projects page or News Blog for examples of our work.

Elaeagnus Instant Hedge

Elaeagnus Instant Hedge is robust with tough silvery grey leaves that are frost, wind and salt resistant.

Elaeagnus ebbingei ‘Compacta’ makes a wonderful fast growing evergreen instant hedge.

Also known as Oleaster, this Instant Hedge has the benefit of fragrant flowers in the autumn and orange fruits in the spring.

Elaeagnus ebbingei is excellent for creating a dense evergreen screen anywhere but has particular value in coastal areas.

Horse Friendly Hedging

This evergreen instant hedges is suitable for horse fields and paddocks

This Practical Instant Hedge™ is currently available at 1.3 to 1.5m high.

Elaeagnus growing in the nursery at Iver, Bucks.

Click here to contact us if you would like a quote for this instant hedge.

aka eleagnus elagnus elaegnus

Griselinia Instant Hedge

Griselinia littoralis is a wonderful evergreen instant hedge, also known as Broadleaf or New Zealand Broadleaf, it has has leathery leaves which are an attractive light apple-green with inconspicuous yellow-green flowers in the spring followed by purple fruits on female plants in the Autumn.

This hedging plant is excellent for coastal locations as it is particularly tolerant of salt laden winds – indeed the ‘littoralis’ translates as ‘growing by the sea’.

Broadleaf instant hedging prefers acidic to slightly alkaline soil in either full sun or part shade. It is sensitive to a heavy frost so should be planted in a sheltered place although any damaged shoots can be pruned out and will regrow. It is therefore typically used as a hedge or evergreen screen in southern coastal locations but also does well in warmer inland areas.

Horse Friendly Hedging

Griselinia is another species of evergreen instant hedges that are suitable for horses

Griselinia is fast growing (30 – 40 cm/year) and should be trimmed at least once a year, in July or August.

Currently available at 90/100cm, 1.5/1.8m and 1.8m high as trough grown Practical Instant Hedge™.

Griselinia Practical Instant Hedge™ at the nursery in Iver

Click here to contact us if you would like a quote for this instant hedge.

 griselina

Yew Instant Hedge

Yew Instant Hedge is a very popular choice, a timeless classic if you like. At home in any garden style from the traditional to the more contemporary, a Yew hedge is a perfect choice for dense, mature  evergreen hedging.

The plant itself, Latin: Taxus baccata,  is a long lived native evergreen conifer that makes an excellent formal hedge when trimmed into classical lines and is also perfect for privacy screening. Sometimes referred to as English Yew, the leaves are shiny dark green needles that are pale green underneath.

This evergreen Instant Hedge should be planted a sunny or partially shaded position but will tolerate full shade. Taxus baccata is happy in both chalk and clay and will thrive in all but the most acidic of soils. However Yew does not like particularly wet sites so these should be avoided or suitable drainage should be installed prior to planting.

Although slow growing (5 – 20 cm/year) a Yew hedge should be trimmed once a year, preferably in August.

This Instant Hedging is available as a Practical Instant Hedge™ at 80 – 100cm high, 1.3m, 1.5m and 1.8/2m high.

Yew Instant Hedge growing at the nursery

Practical Instant Yew Hedge is supplied in easy to plant hedge bags

Click here to contact us if you would like a quote for this instant hedge.