We have started to get availability lists for bare-root and root-balled hedging. Lifting will not start for a week or two when the deciduous plants have lost their leaves and gone dormant. It would be helpful if you could let us know your requirements for any large projects as soon...
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Category Archives: Hedge
Hedging
We have to put our hedging order in very soon. It looks as if we are only going to get one chance. We will try and have plenty – we know a few of you were disappointed last year, but if you have a large project in mind, do please...
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Autumn Borders, Winter Bedding, Trees and Hedging
Autumn Borders Asters – or Symphyotrichum (as we ought to call them now) are in full flower. We still have a good selection of the novae-anglia mildew resistant varieties, lovely shades of mauve, purple pink and white. A nice change from the red and yellow autumn colours. Salvias are looking...
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Planting out and Hedging
Despite a couple of warm days (end Feb) we undoubtedly have a lot of cold weather and frosts still to come. Plenty of time for the tender things later, but a good time for planting trees and shrubs. Nowadays, when almost everything comes containerised, you can plant any time of...
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Bare root and root balled hedging
It is too early to start lifting the bare root and root balled hedging but we have had the prices in. Root balled plants, lifted and the roots wrapped in hessian, are a good way to make an instant hedge and usually more economical than buying potted stock. They establish...
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