Evergreen hedge

Firethorn, a shrub with superb foliage, also bears magnificent colored berries in fall.

Spindle hosts a unique and very ornamental leafage.

Setting up a mixed hedge fulfills all the functions of a normal single-species hedge, and provides an added aesthetic touch to your garden that is quite unique

Did you know that a hedge does much more than just protect us from neighbors, wind and noise?

Spotted laurel is a very beautiful shrub, as nice in summer as it is in winter with its cute red berries.

Bamboo is a beautiful modern evergreen shrub, but if left unchecked, it may spread uncontrollably.

Escallonia is a shrub that has very beautiful flowers and is thus very ornamental.

Hedges often mark property lines and are usually the first project for the garden. But setting a hedge up means choosing the type of shrub: flowered, mixed or evergreen. There are many options and not all shrubs are suited to growing in a hedge.

Photinia amazes everyone with their bright red leaves.

Common yew is a famous and wonderful hedge conifer.

Cotoneaster is a very beautiful shrub, especially appreciated for its berries.

Pittosporum, apart from its shy flowers, has simply beautiful leaves.

Thuja isn’t the most elegant conifer but it does truly excel in cutting off the view for intrusive onlookers.

Saint John’s wort is a shrub with abundant blooming which requires practically no care at all.

Silverberry is a very beautiful ornamental evergreen shrub.

Wild privet is a very beautiful shrub, often used in hedges for its beautiful leafage and its humble blooming.

Bay laurel reminds one of the Mediterranean Coast with its very fragrant foliage.

Prunus laurocerasus rotundifolia is a shrub as attractive in summer as it is in winter thanks to its evergreen foliage which is dense and shiny.

Cherry laurel is a shrub as attractive in summer as it is in winter.

Choosing evergreen shrubs to grow as a hedge is often a great solution to cut off curious onlookers or simply to mark the limits of a garden.

The Leyland cypress is certainly one of the conifers most used to set up a hedge.

The Mexican orange tree is a marvel at the beginning of spring with its magnificent little white flowers that smother the entire shrub.

Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ is is a true marvel at the beginning of spring with its magnificent small white flowers and its superior golden yellow foliage.

Hedges are important for biodiversity. Birds, for instance, love building their nests in them. It makes sense to regulate when to work on hedges and when to keep them undisturbed. Regulations on trimming and removing hedges is what helps coordinate this effort as a community.

When should a hedge be trimmed, what is the right timing, and how should one go about it best?

Common laurel is an evergreen shrub that is often shaped to form hedges.

Laurestine is a very beautiful shrub, the appeal of its flowers on par with that of its leaves.

The strawberry tree is a remarkable shrub thanks to its fruits and cute berries that are shaped like strawberries.

Yaupon is a shrubby tree of the holly family. Native Americans used it to brew battle tea

Thuja, or Arborvitae, is a long-living tree that just keeps growing. If you miss a few pruning seasons, you’ll have to cut it back hard! Here’s what Michel experienced. Read also: Planting and caring for thuja Evergreen hedges, a good idea? Hedge pruning, timing, tips A short note before beginning, from Michel himself: I think […]