Crataegus Monogyna Hedging

Hawthorn, sometimes called quickthorn, is for those of you who want a pretty and impenetrable hedge in a hurry. If you are planting in larger numbers, you may want to look at our hawthorn hedge pack pricing which is cheaper than buying them individually. Hawthorn hedging is eminently practical as it will grow anywhere (bar pure sand or complete marsh neither of which will probably exist in your garden) and so is fool-proof. Unlike most hedge plants Crataegus is blessed with three seasons of interest: spring boasts a froth of the simple, white slightly scented flowers that stand out against the blackness of the wood and are known as the may after which you can finally cast your clout. Summer is a mass of dark green lobed leaves and then autumn sees astonishingly red haws proliferate. Even in winter, the spiny silhouettes of the black wood look spectacular on a frosty day.

View our selection of native hedging or see our full range of hedging plants.

Using Hawthorn Hedging

Hawthorn's charm is its informality and its virtue is its resilience. Once established you will have a thick, wiry hedge that no intruder would dare to breach and a thing of beauty for several months of the year. It was probably a hawthorn hedge through which the handsome prince had to hack his way to reach Sleeping Beauty! Those of a less romantic nature won't like its thorns so plant it away from paths and thoroughfares in the garden. Best suited as a perimeter hedge it will act as a five-star hotel for a huge range of wildlife. If a pure hawthorn hedge is a bit puritan for your taste, then have a look at our mixed Conservation Hedging pack which is a mixture of hawthorn and five other species. They do not compromise on hardiness and include Britain's most beautiful wild shrub the Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus). Hawthorn can also be grown as a specimen where you need a tree to withstand particularly exposed, windy or coastal conditions. It often takes on sculptural and gnarled shapes that can look fantastic in winter.

Features

Sold as Bareroot whips and older plants ranging in size from 40-120 cm
Final hedge height: 1 - 6m
Soil: Hawthorn grows in just about any soil
Use: Stockproof, vandal proof, informal and farm hedging
Single Row: plant at 3 per metre. Watch our video on how to plant a country hedge if this is new to you.
Double row: plant at 5 per metre in a zig zag
Colour: mid green leaves with white flowers and red haws
Very tough, disease resistant and thorny

Hawthorn - the Ritz for wildlife

Over 150 insects will call your hawthorn hedge home, from the bumble bee and earwig to the hawthorn shield bug, all of which provide valuable food for blue tits, wrens and garden spiders. Greenfinches, chaffinches, yellowhammers, fieldfares and many more birds feast on the haws in the autumn and many, like the wren and blackbird, will nest there too. Hawthorn hedges provide valuable habitat for slow worms, lacewings, toads and ladybirds. Anyone with a budding naturalist in the family should have a hawthorn hedge, if only for the extraordinary range of fauna that it supports.

Hawthorn is a true native plant and because it is so widespread it has a plethora of local names - Haw, Hawthorne, Quickthorn, Whitethorn, Maythorn, Mayblossom, May. In country hedge terms, "thorn" usually refers to Hawthorn.

Growing Hawthorn plants:
Hawthorn is one of the hardiest plants in Britain. It thrives anywhere that isn't a bog or pure sand (and even then it tries). It takes shade very well, although like any plant it will grow more slowly in low light levels.

Prepare your site before planting:
Native hedge plants like Hawthorn are very tough. The only essential preparation is to kill the weeds in a strip a metre wide along the planting site: improving the soil should not be necessary. If your soil is exceptionally poor and dry, then digging in some well rotted manure and/or compost is worthwhile.

Remember to water immediately after planting as this helps settle soil around the roots.

Hedge Planting Accessories:
Prepare your site for planting by killing the weeds and grass with Roundup weed killer.
You can buy a hedge planting pack with sheets of mulch fabric and pegs to hold it down.
If you are planting in an area with rabbit and/or deer, you will need to use a plastic spiral guard for each plant, supported by a bamboo cane.
If your soil quality is poor, we recommend using mycorrhizal "friendly fungi" on the roots of new trees and shrubs.

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Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £6.50 + 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.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

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.

Misc	Wildlife Value
Shade	Partial Shade
Area	Coastal Areas, Exposed Windy Areas, Frost Pockets, Scotland & The North
Soil	Acidic, Alkaline/Chalky, Wet
Colour	White/Cream
Type	Hedging, Native, Screening

	NUMBER OF PLANTS
SIZES	1-9	10-49	50-249	250-999	1000+
40/60 cm Bareroot	Stock = 2225 £1.56	Stock = 2225 £1.03	Stock = 2225 £0.58	Stock = 2225 £0.39	Stock = 2225 £0.34
60/80 cm Bareroot	Stock = 9981 £1.79	Stock = 9981 £1.19	Stock = 9981 £0.69	Stock = 9981 £0.43	Stock = 9981 £0.39
90/120 cm Bareroot	Stock = 268 £2.95	Stock = 268 £1.91	Stock = 268 £1.64	Stock = 268 £1.43	Stock = 268 £1.08
120/150 cm Bareroot	Stock = 544 £3.45	Stock = 544 £2.19	Stock = 544 £1.99	Stock = 544 £1.77	Stock = 544 £1.38

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Crataegus Monogyna Hedging

Using Hawthorn Hedging

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Hawthorn - the Ritz for wildlife

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