The Tree & Hedge Company provides comprehensive hedge planting services which includes supply, delivery, installation, and maintenance for a stunning outdoor space. Achieving the perfect hedge requires more than just green thumbs; it demands expertise, the right tools, and quality hedge planting services.
Our team of experts are highly trained in handling hedges of all sizes and varieties which means we are capable of tackling projects of any scale.
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Establish the Ideal Location: We begin by carefully selecting the optimal location for your hedge and ensure the soil type and position is correct for the proposed hedge.
Prepare for Planting: Excavate a planting pit slightly larger than the root structure of the hedge, ensuring the bottom of the pit is free draining and de-compacted.
Gentle Placement: With utmost care, we lower the hedge into the planting pit whilst taking precautions to avoid any harm to the plant during the process.
Soil Enrichment: We enhance the soil by mixing a hedge and shrub compost with the subsoil dug from the planting pit, backfill the mixture around the root structure, ensuring that it covers the top of the roots / nursery line, lastly the soil is compacted around the roots ensuring the hedge is secure.
Installation: To finish the planting we install a run of drip line irrigation either side of the hedge stems, cover the pipe with a layer of mulch, and connect the pipe to an automatic timer for consistent and efficient watering.
Client Handover: Armed with all the information needed we hand the care of the hedge over to you. Our support doesn’t end there as we offer unlimited phone and email assistance.
Optional Aftercare: For an additional fee, we offer you exceptional aftercare services to ensure the long-term health and vitality of the hedge.
Investing in professional hedge planting services is a smart choice for anyone looking to enhance their landscapes aesthetic or provide privacy. Contact us today for hedge planting services and lets get started on your journey to a more beautiful landscape.
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How much water a hedge requires is dependent on the environment it is located. The soil and ground type needs consideration, as does the species and maturity of the hedge when planted. Our advice is to monitor the hedge regularly until established. As a rule, the soil around the roots should not be allowed to dry out at any point. Dry roots of newly planted hedges can cause the hedge to fail, regardless of how long it was dry for.
Some potted or root ball hedging plants can easily be carried manually or in barrows and planted using hand tools. Larger hedging plants and instant hedges need machinery to unload and carry them from the delivery trucks to the planting locations. Excavator digging machines are sometimes used to create perfect trenches for the hedges to be planted into.
We install dripper irrigation pipe as standard on all hedge planting projects. The pipe allows the hedge to have water delivered directly into the soil above the roots, wetting the ground and keeping it moist, allowing the roots to establish and grow. This dripper pipe lays along the top of the ground directly under the hedge near to the stems, easy to locate when needed but blending into the background when not. This can be connected to a full garden irrigation system or simply attached to a tap which can be turned on manually or attached to a simple irrigation programmer. Connection from the tap to the hedge is done by using solid plastic pipe which can be hidden in soil or under lawns.
The most important maintenance of newly planted hedges is the regular checking of the state of the soil under the hedge and the adjustment of watering required to keep the ground moist. Any weeds under or near to the hedge should be removed to stop competition of water and oxygen in the soil. All hedges should be trimmed at least once per year, timing varies on which hedge species. You can find this information in our guide. A feeding of the hedge once a year in the spring is recommended.
Hedges are mostly planted along neighbouring boundaries close to fences allowing maximum inner garden space which appears ideal at the time. However, hedges need space to grow, some species get wider than others and problems can happen as they mature. The stems and branches get larger and can push into fences.
Generally, as a rule, shrubs used for hedges like Box, Lavender, Osmanthus, Photinia and Rosemary need less growing space and can be kept in check easily. Tree species used for hedging such as beech, hornbeam, laurel, and yew will need more space.
We recommend that most species of hedge should be planted, leaving 50cm space from the boundary line.
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