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Transform your garden with structural hedges and conifers
A hedge is a fantastic way to add both structure and beauty to your garden, whether you're creating a striking border or enhancing the edges of your outdoor space. Beyond its aesthetic value, a well-planted hedge also serves as a vital habitat for wildlife, in particular offering shelter and a safe nesting site for birds. At Poplar Nurseries, we stock a wide selection of high-quality hedging plants, ideal for creating a thriving, natural space in your garden. Our friendly expert team is always available to provide tailored advice, ensuring you choose the best options for your specific needs, so you can enjoy a vibrant, wildlife-friendly garden.
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Discover how the addition of a hedge can benefit your garden while also offering a valuable habitat for a range of wildlife. At Poplar Nurseries, we offer a wide range of high-quality hedging plants and conifers, with expert advice to help you choose the perfect plants for your garden space.
Slow-growing hedging
Slow-growing hedging plants, including cherry laurel and boxwood, can be used to create dense hedges which can be trimmed into different shapes.
Fast-growing hedging
Fast growing hedges, such as laurel and hornbeam, can be a cost-effective way to create privacy, add structure, or reduce noise.
Evergreen hedging
Have lush colour all year round with evergreen hedging which also provides privacy, cuts noise and absorbs air pollution.
Native hedging
Native hedging plants offer year-round beauty and have evolved naturally for thousands of years. They can thrive with minimal assistance.
Slow-growing conifers
The perfect solution for attraction in any season, slow-growing conifers can be grown in borders and pots and need little maintenance.
Fast-growing conifers
For an instant garden, look at leylandii or western red cedar which will provide privacy and protection at the double.
Poplar Nurseries stocks a wide variety of the best hedge plants
At Poplar Nurseries, we offer a wide range of versatile and high-quality hedging plants to suit any garden style, whether you’re looking for a formal or natural look. For a neatly manicured, formal hedge, varieties such as clipped Buxus (box) or Taxus (yew) provide structure and elegance. If you’re after a more relaxed, yet still effective, boundary, plants like privet, leylandii, cherry laurel, and beech hedge are excellent choices. For something a bit different, lavender can also be used to create a fragrant, visually appealing hedge, which will also attract a wide variety of pollinators to your garden such as bees and butterflies. With so many options available, our expert team can help you select the ideal plants to bring your vision to life, ensuring a beautiful and functional garden boundary.
How do I plant a hedge?
The ideal time to plant hedge plants is between late autumn and early spring, when your bare-root plants are in their dormant state, giving them the best chance to establish strong roots. To ensure a healthy start, prepare the ground at least a month before planting by incorporating plenty of good-quality compost. This allows the soil to settle, creating the perfect environment for your hedge to thrive once planted.
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Laurel is a popular choice, along with ‘Red Robin’ photinia. For a softer look Griselinia littoralis is a good choice.
Ilex crenata, which is a Japanese holly but looks just like box, with a very similar growth habit.
Many can grow in poor soils and can often be found growing where other trees would struggle.
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