Growing Hedge Plants Gardening Advice

January 9th 2026• Hedge Plants

Don't Fence It, Hedge It!

Looking for fast-growing hedges that provide privacy, beauty, and long-term value? Our hedging sp...

November 25th 2025• Hedge Plants

Rabbits eating your plants

Rabbits caused havoc in our standing-out area, chewing through fencing and feasting on Elaeagnus ...

November 25th 2025• Hedge Plants

To Fedge or Not to Fedge? Living Willow Hedges

Wondering whether to fedge or not to fedge? In this guide, we explore the appeal of living willow...

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November 13th 2025• Hedge Plants

Best Hedges For Shade

Looking for the best hedge plants for shady areas? From evergreen favourites like Yew and Holly t...

November 13rd 2025• Hedge Plants

Millionaire Sustainable Hedgerow Living

Discover how Cornwall is leading the way with public edible hedges. Advice from Ashridge experts ...

Beech

November 13th 2025• Hedge Plants

Beech: A national treasure!

Beech trees are a gardener’s delight, offering year-round interest, structural elegance, and rich...

November 13th 2025• Hedge Plants

How to Keep a Box Hedge

Box hedges are a gardener’s delight when properly cared for. By following simple steps—you can en...

November 13rd 2025• Hedge Plants

Watering your Hedging and Trees

New hedging and young trees need careful attention to thrive. Follow our planting advice since 19...

November 13th 2025• Hedge Plants

Hedgelaying

Hedges and trees are more than decoration—they’re a vital part of the British countryside, suppor...

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Beech

November 13th 2025• Hedge Plants

Hedges and trees

Hedges and trees are the backbone of the British countryside, offering shelter, food, and beauty ...

November 13th 2025• Hedge Plants

How to choose the right hedge

Choosing the right hedge for your garden, orchard, or farmland can seem daunting, but with our Ad...

Beech

November 11th 2025• Hedge Plants

Beech hedging

Just planted a beech hedge? Discover how to transform a bare patch of garden into a beautiful, st...

Planting

November 11th 2025• Hedge Plants

Choosing and planting potted hedging

Container-grown hedging plants are perfect for planting all year round, providing instant privacy...

Pruning

Winter

November 11th 2025• Hedge Plants

When to clip, trim & prune hedges?

Remove dead or diseased wood as needed, with planting advice since 1949 to guide you, and enjoy h...

Beech

November 11rd 2025• Hedge Plants

101 uses for your Beech Hedge...

If you fancy your own (unofficial) weather-forecasting hedge, you can always plant a beech or two...

November 11th 2025• Hedge Plants

Hawthorn: Hedge Plant Portraits

At Ashridge Nurseries, we’ve sold millions of hedging plants over the years, and hawthorn remains...

Planting

November 11th 2025• Hedge Plants

Hawthorn Hedge Planting - Tip 1

Thinking of planting a hawthorn hedge? Forget the weedkiller — there’s a better way. No chemicals...

Beech

November 11th 2025• Hedge Plants

The Best Beech Hedge

If you’re planting a new beech hedge, don’t be afraid to prune confidently, watch it fill out, an...

November 11th 2025• Hedge Plants

Hedges and Life (Low and high)

Continuing our ode to hedging — and why it’s a thoroughly Good Thing. Hedges do far more than mar...

November 11rd 2025• Hedge Plants

In the beginning.... there was Hedging

Ashridge Nurseries is our family business — we grow and sell around two million plants every year...

November 11th 2025• Hedge Plants

Hedging as an Investment Strategy

Planting a hedge has a number of obvious environmental benefits. Less obvious may be the financia...

November 11th 2025• Hedge Plants

A Thorny Issue - best plants to use in a privacy hedge

An expert list of thorny plants ideal for town and country hedges from a professional grower

Beech

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November 8st 2025• Hedge Plants

Restoring an old beech hedge

Instructions on how to prune an old or oversized beech hedge

Hedge Aftercare: First Year Care and Maintenance Guide

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October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Hedge Aftercare: First Year Care and Maintenance Guide

Proper aftercare in the first year is critical for establishing a healthy, thriving hedge that gr...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Habitat Aid Hedge Planting Video

Habitat Aid is our all-time favourite, award-winning, impact driven, Somerset based business foun...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Planting A Bareroot Mixed Native Country Hedge

How to Slit Plant bareroot whips like Hawthorn in mixed native hedges

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Box Blight Disease

Box Blight refers to two separate fungi that attack Common Box and Dwarf Box.It does not affect B...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Laurel Leave "Shot Hole" Disease

Why Are There Holes in My Laurel Leaves?If it looks like something is eating Swiss cheese style h...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Prepare Soil For Planting Trees, Shrubs & Hedges

This article is primarily about preparing soil before planting trees (ornamental or fruiting), he...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Which Plants To Use in a Mixed Native Hedge

Most mixed native hedges are mainly hawthorn or blackthorn

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Best Time To Plant Hedges & Trees In the UK

“Which month is best for planting?” is an age-old debate!You can plant trees or hedges at any tim...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Trimming Country Hedge Season & Cycle

Unlike garden hedges, country hedges are typically trimmed every 2-3 years

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

You Won't Believe This Irish Hedge

Laying mulch fabric before VS after planting.

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October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Do Hedges Block Road Noise & Other Sounds?

Hedges don't reduce road noise

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October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Countryside Stewardship Hedge Grants

The Countryside Stewardship new hedge grant BN11 covers the cost of a native hedge

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Formative Pruning New Hedges

Pruning Young Hedges While Growing to Mature SizeFormative pruning of a new hedge is handled diff...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

How to Trim a Garden Hedge

Trimming a Hedge Means Two Different ThingsTrimming a Mature Hedge: Cut off practically all the n...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Double Staggered Row Hedge Planting Distance

Double row native hedges are great for wildlife 6 Plants Per Metre required for Countryside Stew...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

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...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Why Are My Cherry Laurel Leaves Turning Yellow?

It is true that Cherry Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus, is a trooper and will grow almost anywhere, b...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Can I Slit Plant Bareroot Hedge & Tree Whips into Grass?

Establishing trees & hedges should be kept clear of grass & weeds

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Getting a Word in Hedgewise

Here at Ashridge the ‘dormant season’ is anything but – in fact it’s our busiest time of the year...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

A Yew Supplier's Thoughts for Yew

We say 3 things about Yew - quick growing when young, likes clay on the dry side & is very du...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

How Not to Plant a Beech Hedge... But Did It Matter?

My friend Rachel is a passionate if impatient gardener. Vegetables are really her thing, probably...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

How to Propagate Hardwood Hedge Cuttings in Late Winter

Right now is an ideal time to try, when the soil is nice and damp and not-frozen.

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Why is my Yew Hedge Dying?

This is a blog post covering the reasons for yew hedge deaths and identifying possible cures and ...

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October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

RHS Dead Hedge In The City Video

The RHS has produced a dear little video that very sweetly promotes hedges over fences on the bas...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Cutting A Chamfer Into Your Hedge When Trimming

An angled cut along the top corner of a hedge lets more light in

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Cutting Back A Pyracantha Hedge Hard

Pyracantha, like almost any broadleaf, hardwood hedge plant, can be hard pruned as needed to redu...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

How Many Hedge Plants Per Metre?

A single row with 3 plants per metre, 33cm apart along the row, is standard for a garden hedge. ...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Opening Packs of Spiral Guards

Open rabbit spirals quickly like a pro, smoothly separating rolls out into 5 individual guards He...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

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 idea...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Planting A Box Hedge

Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) is a tough little evergreen, one of the relatively few hedge plants ...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Planting a Garden Hedge Like Beech, Yew, Laurel

How to Trench Plant a garden hedge like Privet, Beech, L:aurel, or Yew in well dug soil

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Hedgelaying in the UK

Hedgelaying Services & Grants To hire a hedgelayer to work on your hedge, use the National H...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Backseat Hedge Planting: RHS Edition

There is only one thing I love more than the RHS, and that is sitting with my old feet up, enjoyi...

Silver Birch Hedge Simpson cartoon style

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October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Does Silver Birch Make a Good Hedge Plant?

No, silver birch does not make a good clipped hedge plant. It will serve, but it’s a somewhat sad...

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October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Cut Hedges in October

Cut cut cut: that’s what it’s all about being a hedge owner. With a typical hedge plant such as H...

October 16nd 2025• Hedge Plants

Cutting Back Overgrown Elderflower in a Mixed Hedge

Elderflower, Sambucus nigra, inevitably finds its way into a country hedge sooner or later, and i...

October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

How to Prune Trees VS Clipping Hedges

Pruning woody plants is a big part of a gardener's life, and winter is when a lot of it gets done...

Many Layers of a Shrub Honeysuckle Hedge

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October 16th 2025• Hedge Plants

Many Layers of a Shrub Honeysuckle Hedge

This Lonicera nitida hedge in a local Somerset car park is a prime example of how good this hedge...

Ashridge Advice Categories

Don't Fence It, Hedge It!

Rabbits eating your plants

To Fedge or Not to Fedge? Living Willow Hedges

Best Hedges For Shade

Millionaire Sustainable Hedgerow Living

Beech: A national treasure!

How to Keep a Box Hedge

Watering your Hedging and Trees

Hedgelaying

Hedges and trees

How to choose the right hedge

Beech hedging

Choosing and planting potted hedging

When to clip, trim & prune hedges?

101 uses for your Beech Hedge...

Hawthorn: Hedge Plant Portraits

Hawthorn Hedge Planting - Tip 1

The Best Beech Hedge

Hedges and Life (Low and high)

In the beginning.... there was Hedging

Hedging as an Investment Strategy

A Thorny Issue - best plants to use in a privacy hedge

Restoring an old beech hedge

Hedge Aftercare: First Year Care and Maintenance Guide

Habitat Aid Hedge Planting Video

Planting A Bareroot Mixed Native Country Hedge

Box Blight Disease

Laurel Leave "Shot Hole" Disease

Prepare Soil For Planting Trees, Shrubs & Hedges

Which Plants To Use in a Mixed Native Hedge

Best Time To Plant Hedges & Trees In the UK

Trimming Country Hedge Season & Cycle

You Won't Believe This Irish Hedge

Do Hedges Block Road Noise & Other Sounds?

Countryside Stewardship Hedge Grants

Formative Pruning New Hedges

How to Trim a Garden Hedge

Double Staggered Row Hedge Planting Distance

How to Plant Rootballed Yew Hedging

Why Are My Cherry Laurel Leaves Turning Yellow?

Can I Slit Plant Bareroot Hedge & Tree Whips into Grass?

Getting a Word in Hedgewise

A Yew Supplier's Thoughts for Yew

How Not to Plant a Beech Hedge... But Did It Matter?

How to Propagate Hardwood Hedge Cuttings in Late Winter

Why is my Yew Hedge Dying?

RHS Dead Hedge In The City Video

Cutting A Chamfer Into Your Hedge When Trimming

Cutting Back A Pyracantha Hedge Hard

How Many Hedge Plants Per Metre?

Opening Packs of Spiral Guards

Trimming & Hard Pruning Yew Hedges

Planting A Box Hedge

Planting a Garden Hedge Like Beech, Yew, Laurel

Hedgelaying in the UK

Backseat Hedge Planting: RHS Edition

Does Silver Birch Make a Good Hedge Plant?

Cut Hedges in October

Cutting Back Overgrown Elderflower in a Mixed Hedge

How to Prune Trees VS Clipping Hedges

Many Layers of a Shrub Honeysuckle Hedge