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Hedge Plants
November 11, 2025 · Julian de Bosdari

Beech hedging

Just planted a beech hedge? Discover how to transform a bare patch of garden into a beautiful, structured space. Our guide shares tips on soil preparation, planting, watering, and mulching to help your hedge thrive.

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Hedge Plants
November 11, 2025 · Julian de Bosdari

Choosing and planting potted hedging

Container-grown hedging plants are perfect for planting all year round, providing instant privacy, security, or a splash of greenery. Plant, water, prune, and enjoy your growing hedge!

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Hedge Plants
November 11, 2025 · Julian de Bosdari

When to clip, trim & prune hedges?

Remove dead or diseased wood as needed, with planting advice since 1949 to guide you, and enjoy healthy, well-shaped plants all year round.

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Hedge Plants
November 11, 2025 · Julian de Bosdari

101 uses for your Beech Hedge…

If you fancy your own (unofficial) weather-forecasting hedge, you can always plant a beech or two from our bare-root collection before the season ends, with guaranteed plants that grow . Relax, enjoy, and watch your garden grow.

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Hedge Plants
November 11, 2025 · Julian de Bosdari

Hawthorn: Hedge Plant Portraits

At Ashridge Nurseries, we’ve sold millions of hedging plants over the years, and hawthorn remains a firm favourite for its resilience, beauty, and charm. Trimmed and tended, it’s equally stunning, forming a dense, elegant boundary hedge that’s a joy in any season, offered by professional growers you can trust. If you’ve space in your garden and haven’t planted one yet, it might be time to discover why the humble hawthorn hedge is such a classic.

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Hedge Plants
November 11, 2025 · Julian de Bosdari

Hawthorn Hedge Planting – Tip 1

Thinking of planting a hawthorn hedge? Forget the weedkiller — there’s a better way. No chemicals, no constant weeding — just healthy, happy hawthorn, supported by experts in bareroot plants . Sit back, relax, and watch your hedge grow.

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Hedge Plants
November 11, 2025 · Julian de Bosdari

The Best Beech Hedge

If you’re planting a new beech hedge, don’t be afraid to prune confidently, watch it fill out, and enjoy the transformation year after year.

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Hedge Plants
November 11, 2025 · Julian de Bosdari

Hedges and Life (Low and high)

Continuing our ode to hedging — and why it’s a thoroughly Good Thing. Hedges do far more than mark boundaries; they shelter wildlife, protect gardens from wind and frost, deter intruders (even the two-legged kind!), and bring life, colour, and song to your outdoor space. Plant one, watch it grow, and enjoy the difference, with professional plant suppliers guiding you every step of the way.

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Hedge Plants
November 11, 2025 · Julian de Bosdari

In the beginning…. there was Hedging

Ashridge Nurseries is our family business — we grow and sell around two million plants every year. Hedging is our speciality, but we also offer ornamental and fruit trees, roses, bulbs, soft fruit, and every hedging accessory you could need.

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November 11, 2025 · Julian de Bosdari

Hedging as an Investment Strategy

Planting a hedge has a number of obvious environmental benefits. Less obvious may be the financial advantages of cost and value add...

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