Garden hedging resources

Practical guides for choosing garden hedges, ordering the right size and looking after new plants.

Use the guides below to plan your boundary, choose suitable plants and work out your order. The planting and aftercare guides explain how to prepare the ground, plant at the right depth and look after the roots while the hedge establishes.

Planting

How to plant a garden hedge: Plan your spacing, prepare the ground and plant at the right depth. Follow our practical guide to getting a new garden hedge established.
What to prepare before your hedge plants arrive: Measure the boundary, prepare access and arrange water before delivery. Use this checklist to make planting day straightforward.

Choosing hedges

Cherry laurel or Portuguese laurel?: Compare cherry and Portuguese laurel for leaf size, appearance, garden conditions and maintenance before choosing your evergreen hedge.
Hedge plant sizes, pot sizes and quantities: Understand P9 pots, plant heights, packs and minimum orders, then calculate the quantity and cost for your garden hedge.
Choosing conifer hedging for your garden: Compare green Leylandii, Castlewellan Gold and yew, and understand the difference between hedge conifers and mixed dwarf conifers.
How to choose the right garden hedge: Choose a garden hedge for your soil, available space and maintenance routine. Compare evergreen foliage, growth habits and supplied plant sizes.
Choosing evergreen garden hedges: Compare evergreen garden hedges for year-round foliage, privacy and upkeep, including laurel, Leylandii, holly and yew.
How to plan a garden hedge for privacy: Work out the height and coverage you need, then choose privacy hedging that suits the space, soil and maintenance you can provide.
Bare root, rootball or potted hedging?: Understand how hedge roots are supplied and what that means for planting season, handling, preparation and aftercare.

Aftercare

How to care for a newly planted hedge: Watering, weed control and sensible pruning help a new hedge establish. Use this aftercare guide through its first growing seasons.
When and how to trim a garden hedge: Plan trimming around the species, new growth and nesting birds. Learn why laurel, Leylandii, holly and yew need different treatment.