Hedging Plants
Acer Campestre
(Field Maple)
Hardy tree with light brown steams and five lobed, dark green leaves; turning yellow-green and eventually a pinkish-red in Autumn.
Carpinus Betulus
(Hornbeam)
Tough, hardy tree with ribbed leaves which go from green to yellow then to brown through out the seasons. It forms catkins in late Spring which turn into winged nuts in Autumn.
Malus Sylvestris
(Crab Apple)
Irregularly rounded with a wide canopy and greyish flecked bark which can become twisted and twigs develop spines. Glossy oval leaves, sweet white-pink blossom in Spring developing into small yellow-green apple-like fruits in Autumn.
Ilex Aquifolium
(Holly)
Well loved shrub and great safe space for wildlife. Dark-green glossy, spiky leaves which smoothen with age. White flowers bloom in Spring which develop into rich scarlet berries which remain through out Winter.
Prunus Laurocerasus
(Cherry Laurel)
Large, spreading evergreen shrub with large, glossy, dark-green leaves and small white flowers which mature into cherry-red fruits.
Prunus Lusitanica
(Portuguese Laurel)
Large, evergreen shrub, dark red shoots which bear rich-green oval leaves. white flowers bloom in racemes and mature into dark purple fruits.
Taxus Baccata
(English Yew)
One of the longest native European species, its evergreen leaves are dark green and pointed into a tip. Unlike other conifers, the Yew doesn't bear its seeds in a cone, instead enclosed in a red-berry like 'aril.'
Thuja Plicata
(Western Red Cedar)
Popular for timber, a tall evergreen conifer with a brown-red bark and dark glossy-green scale-like flattened sprays of foliage. Flowering cones are small, radish-purple and on the tips of branches maturing into small slender cones.