Hedging - Pot Grown Plants

Box or Buxus sempervirens is ideal for topiary and growing in pots . These are bushy plants are ready to use for a box hedge or train for topiary. Box is a useful evergreen which are easily maintained with a light trim a couple of times per year . Leave a little growth on each time if you want them to get bigger. Plant approx. 40cm apart and they will be touching each other within two years or so, plant 25cm apart and they should be touching after one year, depending on growing conditions. Grow...

Buxus or Box is the ideal evergreen for topiary, small hedges or growing in pots. These are bushy, young plants ready to use for hedging or to train for topiary . Just need maintaining with a light trim a couple of times per year. Leave a little growth on each time if you want your box plants to get bigger. Grow in well drained fertile soil or a 50/50 mix of John Innes and multipurpose compost. Sun or part shade

Cupressocyparis leylandii Castlewellan Gold  is the fastest growing hedging plant which will make a good evergreen screen or hedge. In good conditions a leylandii hedge will grow 30cm per year. Cupressocyparis leylandii Castlewellan Gold is a bit more colourful than it's plain green counterpart. The green parts are more of a lime green, becoming slightly darker with age, and the new shoots are gold coloured. Grows in sun or part shade, any fertile soil suitable. For maximum growth improve the...

Cupressocyparis leylandii is the fastest growing hedging plant which will make a good evergreen screen or hedge. In good conditions a leylandii hedge will grow 30cm per year. Cupressocyparis leylandii has bright green foliage becoming darker with age . Grows in sun or part shade, any fertile soil suitable. For maximum growth improve the soil by incorporating some compost and a handful of bone meal every metre. In windy areas knock in some posts, stretch a wire between the post and tie the...

Prunus rotundifolia or Common Laurel is a great hedging plant as it grows quickly and makes a perfect evergreen screen. The large, bright green leaves become darker with age . Laurel hedges are easy to trim with just normal secateurs. Laurel thrives in sun or shade and will grow 30 - 40cm per year in almost any soils except waterlogged. Trim a couple of times per year to keep bushy lower down Supplied in 5 litre pots, very bushy plants, 3 to 4 shoots coming from the base of each plant, most...

Taxus baccata Summergold is a  fully hardy, dwarf spreading Yew with gold coloured foliage .  An excellent choice for the winter garden. Suitable for all positions including full sun and any soil except waterlogged. Ht to 60cm in ten years. All parts of Taxus baccata are poisonous except the red berries Supplied in 2 litre pots, bushy plants ht and spread approx 25-30cm. Shipped within 3 days