12 shrubs for a versatile mixed hedge: evergreen, berries, foliage and deciduous
Out with the unending lines of thuja! These days, planting mixed hedges is all the fad. In such a hedge, evergreen leafage, colorful blooms and species that
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Growing an evergreen hedge
Choosing evergreen shrubs to grow as a hedge is often a great solution to cut off inquisitive onlookers or simply to mark the limits of a garden with regarding to immediate neighbors.
Set up a mixed hedge, different shrubs for year-round wonder
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
Setting up a hedge, flowered, mixed or evergreen?
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.
Setting up a flowered hedge
Hedges protect us from prying eyes, create intimacy, break the wind and protect our gardens. Flowered hedges boast many advantages and can even become truly ornamental.
Trimming hedges, the right time
When should a hedge be trimmed, what is the right timing, and how should one go about it best?
Summer-flowering shrubs
They share their flowers from spring to summer, and sometimes even longer! Either as part of a hedge or in a pot on your terrace, they share beautiful colors
Rejuvenate your hedges
The end of summer is the best moment for light pruning of shrubs and ornamental plants.
Get your hedge right with a 2 minute video
Hedges are now an important part of landscaping, and getting them right will come naturally after taking a look at this short video. This short hedge hack explains everything about spacing, varieties, how to position the plants and when to proceed. Read more â–º
Four-seasons hedge
Why not go for a four-seasons hedge? Bored with drab monochrome conifers? Bring a bundle of delight to the neighborhood with a mixed hedge of ornamental flower, leaf and fruit shrubs.
Hedges, great barriers against diseases
Did you know that a hedge does much more than just protect us from neighbors, wind and noise?
