Gorse Plants - Ulex europaeus

Gorse Bushes - Pot Grown Shrubs

Gorse, Ulex europaeus is ideal for rough barrier hedging and low screening on sandy, well drained soils. This spiny native bush is good for wildlife, especially butterflies and small nesting birds. It fixes nitrogen from the atmosphere into the soil, so it can grow on infertile soil and improve it at the same time. Gorse is famous for its striking yellow flowers that blaze open in April and May.

Growing Gorse Bushes
Gorse needs well drained soil and prefers sunny, southerly slopes - it gets a bit straggly in the shade. It grows equally well on wind blasted coastal locations and cold inland sites. It will grow in very poor, sandy soils as well as extremely acidic, peaty earth, but it isn't recommended for chalk.
Gorse Hedge Spacing: 2 plants per metre.Gorse is naturally an uneven, lumpy plant so don't try to clip into a tidy shape, just enjoy it for what it is! You can hard prune down to the ground after flowering if you decide it needs renovating.

In exposed, windy places, gorse won't grow much above 2 metres, but if it is in a sheltered, shady spot it can get a bit bigger.

Gorse is also called furze or whin.

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Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £9.49 + vat, which increases to £12.55 + vat if you add any pot-grown plants, standard trees or fruit trees to the order.
Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
You can choose the delivery week that suits you during checkout and we will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

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Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.