Farm Hedging Mix

This mixed hedge pack is a bundle of 50 Stock Proof plants, suitable for containing cattle and horses. You can order the same plants individually from their respective pages, but you will save money on the same size plants by buying the hedge pack.
We will choose the plants that go into the hedge mix from the following list: we regret that we cannot accept requests for specific plants to be used in your pack. If you want to be certain of having a particular plant in your hedge mix, please order it separately.

PLEASE NOTE: You will recall last summer was one of the hottest and driest for many years. One of the casualties of this weather was hawthorn growth and crops struggled to make the larger grades. So please note that although we show a size 60/80 cms, some plants may well be smaller than this. This will have no effect on future growth or hedge size as newly planted hawthorn (as with all native hedging) should be cut back by half immediately after planting anyway. The plants are strong and healthy and covered by our guarantee.

50% Hawthorn
10% each of 5 plants, chosen by us from: Cherry Plum, Crab Apple, Dog Rose, Common Dogwood or Red Dogwood, Field Maple, Guelder Rose, Hazel, Sweet Briar Rose or Wayfaring Tree.

Stock Friendly hedging mix is free from plants with long thorns, like blackthorn, that could scratch an animal's eye. The plants are all safe for farm animals to graze on, but overall the hedge will still be too thorny for most animals to eat. Like all newly planted hedging, it will need to protect it from the animals for the first few years.
If you are looking for our cheapest country hedging, have a look at our bundles of 250 small whips.

Stock Proof hedge packs are only delivered bareroot, during winter (November - March).
All our hedge plants are measured by their height in centimetres above the ground (the roots aren't measured).

See our selection of discounted hedging packs or view our full range of hedging plants.

Spacing a Stock Proof hedge:
Plant Stock Proof hedging at 3 plants per metre, 33cms apart.
You can also plant Stock Proof at 5 plants per metre in a staggered double row, with 33 cms between each plant along the row and 40cms between the rows. A double row is extra secure and should stop a bull or stallion from barging through.

Each pack of 50 plants will make 16.5 metres of single row hedge and 10 metres of double row hedge.

Growing Stock Proof hedges:
This hardy, native hedge mix will grow in almost any conditions and any soil type. It will tolerate occasional waterlogging.

Prepare your site before planting:
These plants 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.

Watch our video on how to plant a country hedge for full details.
Remember to water establishing plants during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

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.
You can also improve your soil with bonemeal organic fertiliser and Growmore.

Read our full terms and conditions here.

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
Area	Exposed Windy Areas
Soil	Acidic, Alkaline/Chalky
Type	Hedging, Native, Screening
Also Good	Autumn Colour

	NUMBER OF PACKS Inc. VAT
SIZES	1	2-4	5-9	10-19	20+
60/80 cm	£48.12	£44.82	£40.60	£37.62	£28.22
90/120 cm	£91.08	£84.84	£76.84	£71.22	£53.42

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