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What Are Bare Root Plants?
Bareroot means delivered dormant in Winter with no soil around the roots.
Planting a Formal Garden Hedge Like Beech or Yew
How to Trench Plant a garden hedge like Beech or Yew in well dug soil.
Planting A Bareroot Mixed Native Country Hedge
How to Slit Plant bareroot whips like Hawthorn in mixed native hedges
How to Plant a Tree With a Stake
Planting with a stake is optional but highly recommended.
Do Hedges Block Road Noise & Other Sounds?
Hedges don’t reduce road noise
Countryside Stewardship Hedge Grants
BN11: Planting New Hedges The most popular hedge related Countryside Stewardship Grant for our customers is the BN11: Planting New Hedges. How Much Money Can I Get? The accessories are bamboo canes for supporting plastic spirals, and mypex weed suppression fabric with pegs, or without pegs. Basic Requirements to Qualify for the Grant: You don’t have to be a farmer with a field to… Continue reading Countryside Stewardship Hedge Grants
Are My Plants Dead?
Are My New Plants Dead? They Look Dead! Deciduous plants that were transplanted during winter typically come into leaf much later than the same species of plant established nearby, and evergreen plants might drop their leaves prior to growing new ones. This can be a shock to new gardeners who planted, say, a new beech hedge in late February.When May arrives and their plants… Continue reading Are My Plants Dead?
“Heeling In” Bareroot Trees & Plants
What Does it Mean to “Heel In” Plants? “Heeling in” bareroot plants means to bury their roots in soil for storage prior to planting. Do I really need to heel in my plants? No, you don’t need to heel in if you don’t want to. The essential thing is that the roots stay moist, and undisturbed if frozen. They… Continue reading “Heeling In” Bareroot Trees & Plants
Planting Bareroot Guide
The New User’s Guide to Planting Bare Root Plants Skip To Planting Videos When receiving your first order of bareroot plants, whether they are hedging, young trees, large trees, rose or soft fruit bushes, there are some simple extra requirements compared to pot grown plants. Preserving Moisture Around the Roots During Storage Bare root plants need their roots to remain… Continue reading Planting Bareroot Guide
Planting in Frosty Weather & Frozen Ground
Planting & Deliveries During Freezing Weather You can’t plant into frozen ground, and there are some important considerations when storing bareroot plants in freezing weather. The most important things to remember are: Why Frozen Roots are a Problem Disturbing frozen roots can cause significant damage and stress to the plant. A plant’s energy reserves are… Continue reading Planting in Frosty Weather & Frozen Ground
Best Plants For Low, Small, Narrow Hedges
The Best Plants for Small Hedges Low Ornamental & Border Hedges Plants Low hedging is roughly shin to waist high, approximately 30cm to 120cm tall (between 1 and 4 feet). The purpose of low hedges is mainly ornamental: to create structure in or around the garden that frames borders and lawns without blocking the view.It acts… Continue reading Best Plants For Low, Small, Narrow Hedges
Formative Pruning New Hedges
Pruning Young Hedges While Growing to Mature Size Formative pruning of a new hedge is handled differently from trimming a mature hedge. Because you want your new hedge to reach the desired height, the general aim is to remove the tips of the stems all over the plant once a year, maybe twice for vigorous evergreens. Deciduous Hedges Evergreen Broadleaf Hedges Evergreen Conifer… Continue reading Formative Pruning New Hedges
Best Hedges For Shade
Best Hedge Plants for Shade If you look in our Hedging category filtered for Full Shade, you will see mostly evergreen plants, and some tough native plants.Most garden owners are looking for lush evergreens along a visible boundary, but Hornbeam is a good formal choice for shady areas where sun-loving Beech won’t grow well. Best Evergreen Hedge Plants for Shade Special Mention… Continue reading Best Hedges For Shade
How to Trim a Garden Hedge
Trimming a Hedge Means Mature Hedge: Cut off practically all the new growth (less than a year old), in order to keep a mature hedge at the desired size. It’s like shaving back to the same line every time. New Hedge: Cut off the tips of all the shoots, pruning back thin or straggly stems, to maintain bushy growth while… Continue reading How to Trim a Garden Hedge
Cutting Back A Pyracantha Hedge Hard
Pyracantha, like almost any broadleaf, hardwood hedge plant, can be hard pruned as needed to reduce its size and keep it tidy. In this video, we take the opportunity to show training it against a fence as well. You will need a good pair of secateurs, leather gloves, pruning saw or loppers and some garden… Continue reading Cutting Back A Pyracantha Hedge Hard
Double Staggered Row Hedge Planting Distance
Difference between a garden single row hedge, and a double row country hedge? Most garden hedges are planted in a single row, three plants per metre, 33cm apart. This page is about planting distances for a staggered double row with a total of 6 plants per metre. This qualifies for the BN11: Planting New Hedges Grant,… Continue reading Double Staggered Row Hedge Planting Distance
How Many Hedge Plants Per Metre?
Hedgerow Planting Density Hedge Spacing Used For Single Row at 2 Plants Per Metre Inside the garden Single Row at 3 Plants Per Metre Typical garden boundary: Intruder proof Single Row at 5 Plants Per Metre Used for Boxwood Double Row at 4 Plants Per Metre Good for any tall hedge over 4m, and for… Continue reading How Many Hedge Plants Per Metre?
How to Plant Rootballed Yew Hedging
Yew is the King of Hedges for good reason, but it grows steadily rather than vigorously, so a new Yew hedge takes a bit more time to reach the desired size. If it suits your budget, it makes sense to buy large Yew plants delivered with a rootball, rather than bareroot smaller size plants. Spacing Bareroot Vs Rootballed Yew 1.… Continue reading How to Plant Rootballed Yew Hedging
What Is Mulch & Why It’s Important for New Plants
What Does Mulch Do? Mulch covers the soil around a plant in order to: If it is going to be hard to frequently water and weed your new plants after planting, mulch is essential for your plants to thrive.Establishing plants must still be watered, but a good mulch allows you to water less often. Homemade… Continue reading What Is Mulch & Why It’s Important for New Plants
Opening Packs of Spiral Guards
Open rabbit spirals quickly like a pro, smoothly separating rolls out into 5 individual guards Hedge spirals, rabbit guards, are manufactured in rolls of 5, coiled up like springs: the harder you try to pull them apart, the more they grip one another. Unwinding them from the outside takes too long. To pull them apart… Continue reading Opening Packs of Spiral Guards
Watering Newly Planted Trees & Hedging
Proper watering is crucial for all new plants while they are establishing. Watering New Plants Water all new plants deeply and regularly during their first growing season. This includes plants that are drought tolerant: they all need you to water them in Year One. Best Time of Day to Water How often to Water New Plants Frequency varies depending… Continue reading Watering Newly Planted Trees & Hedging
Trimming & Hard Pruning Yew Hedges
Best Time to Trim Yew Hedges To keep a mature yew hedge tidy with only one cut per year, the ideal time is September-October. How to Prune a Yew Hedge You do need to clip yew plants to make them bushy – shortening side branches causes them to produce the twiggy growths that help make a… Continue reading Trimming & Hard Pruning Yew Hedges
Planting A Box Hedge
Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) is a tough little evergreen, one of the relatively few hedge plants that is genuinely happy in shade. Once established, Box survives in dry ground. Box grows slowly and clips very neatly, a perfect choice for a low hedge or living border edging, an ideal subject for topiary. Bareroot box hedge plants are… Continue reading Planting A Box Hedge
Pruning New Fruit Trees
Formative pruning of new, freestanding fruit trees, starts with either unbranched Maidens, or young Bushes or Half Standards with a further year’s branch development. Pruning A Maiden Fruit Tree “Open Centre” These videos apply equally to new fruit trees containing pips like apples and pears, and those containing stones, like plum and cherry, being grown as “ordinary trees”. There are… Continue reading Pruning New Fruit Trees
Pruning Tip Bearing Apple Trees
Most Apples are spur bearing; partial tips are like spurs Most apples and pears are spur bearing: they are pruned “normally”, and are suitable for cordons and espaliers. Partial tip-bearers have spurs too, and are pruned about the same way, a bit less often. Few Apples are true tip bearers Pruning Tip Bearers VS Spur… Continue reading Pruning Tip Bearing Apple Trees
Pruning Plum Trees In The UK
The Best Plum Tree Pruning Videos Plums are vigorous trees and respond well to pruning. If they are not pruned, they quickly get tangled and less productive, often with branches breaking under heavy crops. By watching several big plum growers expertly handle their wood, you can improve your plum wood handling at home. Pruning a… Continue reading Pruning Plum Trees In The UK
What are the Fruit Tree Sizes I Can Order?
Compare Maidens, Bushes & Half-Standard Trees
Growing Cordon Fruit Trees
Cordons are compact wire trained fruit trees, usually apple or pear
Best Cherry Tree Varieties to Grow in the UK
Grow Stella or Lapins, then add Kordia and/or Summer Sun. Morello for shade
How to Choose the Right Pear Trees for Your Garden
Grow Conference, then Comice, then Concorde.
What do Bareroot Trees Look Like?
Bareroot trees look like sticks! Compare standard & sapling sizes