{"id":611970253126,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/habitat-aid-hedge-planting-video\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:27","slug":"habitat-aid-hedge-planting-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/hedging\/habitat-aid-hedge-planting-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Habitat Aid Hedge Planting Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Habitat Aid is our all-time favourite, award-winning, impact driven, Somerset based business founded in 2008, and their hedge planting video is educationally inspirational<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/native-british-hedging-plants\">Native hedge plants<\/a> are proven to be tough as cookies made of brass monkeys, and Habitat Aid demonstrate how rough and ready you can be with them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/hawthorn-hedge-plants-crataegus-monogyna\">Hawthorn<\/a> in particular is absurdly resilient. If we weren\u2019t so charming, we could sell leftover bareroot Hawthorn from April the following November, and no one would notice, it\u2019s so strong.<\/p>\n<p>We are busy updating our world-famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/hedging\/planting-bareroot-mixed-native-hedge-winter\">native country hedge planting video<\/a>, so we\u2019re checking out the others\u2019 efforts, \u2018mirin\u2019 a little bit, you know:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to plant a native hedge\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JPuI1omi3mA\"><\/iframe>\n<p>We love it! Get them planties planted, bish bash bosh.<\/p>\n<p>And still, what would life be without a little backseat drive?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-backseat-driving.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-backseat-driving.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-backseat-driving-300x300_9.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-backseat-driving-150x150_9.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-backseat-driving-768x768_9.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\n<figcaption>\u201cUm, actually\u2026\u201d<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<h4>Keep those roots moist<\/h4>\n<p>No one likes a dry root, that should have gone without saying, and these dusty looking specimens are not what we like to see: tut-tut!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-bareroot-native-hedge-roots-1024x498_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-bareroot-native-hedge-roots-1024x498_8.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-bareroot-native-hedge-roots-300x146_8.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-bareroot-native-hedge-roots-768x373_8.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-bareroot-native-hedge-roots-1536x747_8.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-bareroot-native-hedge-roots.jpg 1868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\n<figcaption>Give the guests a glass of water at least, dear<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At Ashridge, we constantly harp on about the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/gardening\/planting-bareroot-guide\">keeping the roots moist<\/a> at all times before planting. <br>We guarantee those plants, so we feel entitled to lecture you about looking after them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be so insufferable\u201d, says Habitat Aid: your plants won\u2019t die if the roots look dry on the outside for five minutes, and that\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<h4>The thickest, juiciest, triplest hedge yet<\/h4>\n<p>A triple row hedge! Up to 10 plants a metre! Nick, I could kiss you if I weren\u2019t saving myself for Monty.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been promoting double row country hedges at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/hedging\/double-staggered-row-hedge-spacing-planting-distance\">6 plants per metre<\/a> as per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/hedging\/countryside-stewardship-hedge-grants-bn11\">Countryside Stewardship BN11 grant requirements<\/a> all this time, as if my eyes could see, yet lacked vision.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-three-row-country-hedge-1024x497_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-three-row-country-hedge-1024x497_8.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-three-row-country-hedge-300x146_8.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-three-row-country-hedge-768x373_8.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-three-row-country-hedge-1536x745_8.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-three-row-country-hedge.jpg 1898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\n<figcaption>Take me now, you beautifully unusual triplets<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To everyone who feels like planting an extra row in your hedge: we support your decision fully. Now, will that be cash or cheque? Just joking \u2013 we only accept online payments.<\/p>\n<h4>You don\u2019t need to plant in groups<\/h4>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter, do what makes you happy, the important thing is to mix the plants up well so you don\u2019t have blocks of one species in a supposedly mixed species hedge.<\/p>\n<p>Nick suggests planting in blocks of 3-5 plants of one species, to which we would say OK, but three is better than five, and definitely not more than five. <br>In most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/mixed-hedging-plant-packs\">hedge packs<\/a>, one species will make up the majority of the mix, usually Hawthorn. It\u2019s important to spread that \u201cbackbone species\u201d quite evenly along the hedge, so that every metre has at least one.<\/p>\n<p>Nick mentions some plants not to plant groups, like wild roses, wild honeysuckle (not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/shrubby-honeysuckle-hedge-plants-lonicera-nitida\">shrub honeysuckle<\/a>, which isn\u2019t native), or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/green-holly-hedge-plants-ilex-aquifolium\">Holly<\/a>, which is a super choice for the shadier middle row of the triple row, King Girth Hedge above.<\/p>\n<h4>You can add native honeysuckle to a native hedge<\/h4>\n<p>You know what? Ashridge does not sell wild Lonicera periclymenum, the native honeysuckle or woodbine, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.habitataid.co.uk\/products\/honeysuckle-lonicera-peryclymenum?_pos=1&amp;_sid=3f7834bcd&amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener\">Habitat Aid does<\/a>. We only sell cultivated varieties of L. periclymenum like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/scentsation-honeysuckle-plants\">Scentsation<\/a>.<br>In our opinion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/wild-rose-plants\">wild roses<\/a> are the best lanky plants for scrambling through a hedge: very thorny and well-behaved. <br>Wild honeysuckle is thornless, vigorous, and grippy, so it tends to need managing in a new hedge to prevent it from smothering its neighbours.<\/p>\n<h4>Plant at least a metre from a fence etc<\/h4>\n<p>Nick\u2019s right: if you plant your hedge right up against a fence, it will grow through and\/or push against it, causing problems later. <br>If you plant right up against a wall, you limit the growth and risk planting into a dry spot.<\/p>\n<h4>Using an organic mulch like bark is better for soil than plastic mulch (or nothing!)<\/h4>\n<p>If it\u2019s feasible, we 100% agree with Nick that organic mulch like bark is literally a billion times better for the soil than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/mypex-weed-control-mulch-fabric\">woven polypropylene<\/a> weed suppression fabric; the brands everyone knows are Mypex and Terram. <br>A good layer of organic mulch will also preserve much more soil moisture.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, organic mulch needs more maintenance: weeds still grow on it, and it rots away within a year or two. <br>That\u2019s fine in the garden or other convenient to manage site, but a farmer with miles of hedge doesn\u2019t need that chore on their list.<\/p>\n<h4>Chances are, British weather will water your native hedge plants for you<\/h4>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/gardening\/watering-new-trees-hedging\">Ashridge\u2019s official watering policy<\/a>, we really shouldn\u2019t agree with Nick\u2019s assertion that your plants won\u2019t need much water, and one should wait until they are in distress before giving them a thorough watering.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s based on experience. Native British hedge plants are troopers. You can feed them hardship for breakfast, and they\u2019ll hand you flowers at lunchtime. <br>A typical British year has rainy spells in every month, so unless there is a drought, the chances are good that you can get away with between one and zero waterings, especially on heavy, clay rich, water retentive soils, double especially with that lush carpet of bark mulch Nick recommends.<\/p>\n<p>Then Nick goes on to say that giving plants a little water is worse than nothing, because it encourages shallow root growth. <br>Fair enough about deep watering being better than light watering, but are shallow roots really worse than dead roots?<\/p>\n<p>Still, we do disagree a bit. Watering your plants in their first year is very good for them. Water is an input for photosynthesis. If it\u2019s limited, the plant\u2019s growth will be too.<\/p>\n<p>A wise move is to keep an eye on the weather forecast. When a dry spell of 3+ weeks is predicted, give your plants a good soak as soon as you see the top layer of soil get dry.<\/p>\n<h4>Slit Planting is Easy<\/h4>\n<p>There are armies of professional planters who slit in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/sitka-spruce-sapling-trees-picea-sitchensis\">Sitka spruce<\/a> like the hounds of Hell are behind them, and they get an 80-90% success rate.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@antomos\/video\/6974983969305611526\" data-video-id=\"6974983969305611526\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\">\n<section><a title=\"@antomos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@antomos?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@antomos<\/a>\n<p>Tree planting in burned forest <a title=\"treeplanting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/treeplanting?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#treeplanting<\/a><a title=\"tree\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tree?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#tree<\/a><a title=\"fyp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#fyp<\/a><a title=\"foryoupage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryoupage?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#foryoupage<\/a><a title=\"foryou\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryou?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#foryou<\/a><\/p>\n<a title=\"\u266c Running Away - VANO 3000 &amp; BADBADNOTGOOD &amp; Samuel T. 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Herring<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sure, best practice is to avoid \u201cJ root\u201d, where you stuff the roots down a slit that\u2019s too small, and the ends of the roots bend round and end up near the top of the hole.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-planting-country-hedge-1-1024x487_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-planting-country-hedge-1-1024x487_8.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-planting-country-hedge-1-300x143_8.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-planting-country-hedge-1-768x366_8.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-planting-country-hedge-1-1536x731_8.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-planting-country-hedge-1.jpg 1897w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p>That\u2019s potentially happening here, where it would have been easier to remove the mulch first. <br>A spade with a longer head for wiggling a wider slit makes this job easier; a long nose trenching spade is great, and you can do two slits side by side for cumbersome roots.<\/p>\n<p>But again, a scrap of straggly J root is no problem about when you\u2019re talking about robust young native plants, several of which will grow from seed in a crack in an old brick wall.<\/p>\n<h4>Life\u2019s too short, just sprinkle Rootgrow on the ground!<\/h4>\n<p>This devil may care style is another savvy move from Nick. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/rootgrow-universal-friendly-mycorrhizae-fungi\">Buy Rootgrow<\/a>, chuck it on the ground, live life on your terms:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-add-rootgrow-granules.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-add-rootgrow-granules.jpg 775w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-add-rootgrow-granules-259x300_9.jpg 259w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-add-rootgrow-granules-768x890_9.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\"><\/figure>\n<p>In our quick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/gardening\/how-apply-rootgrow-fungi-gel\">guide to applying Rootgrow<\/a>, we suggest trying to get it down the planting hole and onto the roots, but no one likes a pedant. <br>The fungi aren\u2019t going to get lost, they\u2019re going to get washed straight down onto the roots, job done.<\/p>\n<h4>Cut those plants in half before it\u2019s too late\u2026<\/h4>\n<p>It looks like Nick is not hard pruning his hedge by the traditional 50% after planting (you only do this to native hedge species, not any garden hedge). We expect that\u2019s deliberate, but the rogue mastermind doesn\u2019t elaborate. <br>Cutting back native hedging after planting, and again in the second year, is the traditional way to create a bushy hedge from the base up. <br>That said, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/hedging\/countryside-stewardship-hedge-grants-bn11\">BN11 countryside stewardship hedge grant<\/a> only asks that you \u201ctrim the newly planted hedge in at least the first 2 years to encourage bushy growth, allowing the hedge to become taller and wider at each cut\u201d. <br>Exactly how you trim it is up to you.<\/p>\n<h4>Who did this? That\u2019s not funny! I\u2019m so sorry, Nick, it won\u2019t happen again.<\/h4>\n<figure class=\"size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-native-plant-ground-1-1024x629_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-native-plant-ground-1-1024x629_8.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-native-plant-ground-1-300x184_8.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-native-plant-ground-1-768x472_8.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/habitat-aid-comparison-native-plant-ground-1.jpg 1492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n<section class=\"prodshow-shopify-block\" \n       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