Soil Types

Soil Types
  • Chalk
  • Clay
  • Dry
  • Loamy
  • Moist
  • Sandy
  • Well-draining

Location

Location
  • Full Shade
  • Full Sun
  • Partial Shade

Annual Growth Rate

Annual Growth Rate
  • Average
  • Fast
  • Slow

pH

pH
  • Acidic
  • Alkaline
  • Neutral
  • Slightly Acidic
  • Slightly Alkaline

Root Structure

Root Structure
  • Cordate
  • Deep
  • Dense
  • Far-reaching
  • Sensitive to compaction
  • Sensitive to disturbance
  • Shallow

Potential

Potential
  • City, urban planting
  • Effective sound barrier
  • Security Hedge
  • Takes well to cutting
  • Tolerates coastal areas
  • Tolerates draught
  • Tolerates wet ground
  • Windy locations

Annual Trimming

Annual Trimming
  • At the end of the Summer
  • Autumn
  • During the growing season
  • In the Spring
  • Once
  • Twice
  • Winter

Characteristics

Characteristics
  • Deciduous
  • Evergreen
  • Formal Hedge or Screen
  • Loose Natural Hedge
  • Scented
  • Security Barrier
  • Tall Privacy Screen

Beech

Fagus sylvatica
Beech Hedge

Cherry Laurel Hedge

Prunus Laurocerasus
cherry laurel hedge

Christmas Berry

Photinia fraseri ‘Red Robin’
Christmas berry hedge

Copper Beech

Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’
Copper Beech Hedge

English Yew Hedge

Taxus Baccata
English Yew Hedges

Hawthorn Hedge

Crataegus Monogyna
Hawthorn hedge