Native Thornless Hedge Plants

Thornless Hedging Mix

This mixed hedge pack is a bundle of 50 thornless, native plants that are safe to plant around young children or along public footpaths and rights of way. 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, occasionally the pack may change between the time of ordering and the time of despatch.

• Bundles of 50 plants composed of 5 species.
• Mixed native, thornless hedging.
• Qualifies for Countryside Stewardship grants (e.g. BN11: Planting New Hedges)
• Safe for children.
• 1 pack = 16m of single row, or 8m of double row hedge.
• Bareroot Delivery Only: Nov-Mar.

We regret that we cannot accept requests for specific plan s 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.

The mix is made up of 20% of each of five varieties. Plants are not restricted to those listed but are usually chosen from:

• Field maple
• Hazel
• Dogwood
• Spindle
• Guelder rose (which is actually a Viburnum)
• Crab Apple

These plants are all thorn-free and mostly non-toxic; Spindle berries aren't edible, but they taste too bitter to chew or swallow.
This mix of rugged, native plants is great for biodiversity, providing plenty of food for birds, small animals and butterfly caterpillars.
If you want a thorny, secure hedge that is safe for large farm animals and horses, have a look at our Stock friendly hedge mix.

Thornless hedge packs are only delivered bareroot, during winter (November - March).
The plants in this pack will be 60-80cm tall when we deliver them. 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.

Please note: when you receive our mixed hedging packs, they will not be already mixed and will be bunched by plant species. Please remember to mix them for best results.

Spacing a Thornless hedge:

You can plant thornless hedging in a single row at 3 plants per metre, 33cm apart, for a normal garden boundary.

However, to qualify for the BN11: Planting New Hedges Grant, and/or for a stockproof hedge, you must plant at 6 plants per metre in a staggered double row, with 33cm between each plant along the row and 40cm between the rows.

Each pack of 50 plants will make 16 metres of single row hedge and 8 metres of double row hedge.