Traditional Hedging at Readyhedge
While Readyhedge has made its name as the market leader in container grown instant hedging, we have our roots in more traditional hedging. We still offer field grown Rootballed or wire Rootballed plants from November to March and work with a small group of specially selected trusted growers to offer high quality plants.
Taxus Rootball
For many years we have been offering field grown rootballed Taxus. We have been working for the last 15 years with a small grower in Belgium, this ensures that we always know the plants supplied are the highest quality.
Unlike some Taxus rootballs that we have seen, these plants are trimmed at least once, if not twice, a year to give them a good density. They are lifted with a generous rootball that is a minimum of 40cm diameter for the smaller ones rising to a 45-50cm ball for a 180-200cm plant. This attention to detail makes for some lovely dense and heavy plants that, when planted at 2 per metre, can nearly give you an instant hedge and usually within a year, will be filled up completely to form a lovely hedge.
When planting the Taxus rootballs we have found that if you plant the size bigger than you need and then trim the plants down the result is stunning.
Instant hedging options
Keeping with the idea of instant hedging, we also supply both Carpinus betulus and Fagus sylvatica as instant hedging units. These can be from 150cm to 250cm in height and 50-60cm wide. Grown as individual plants in the field, they are clipped over many years to form square columns which when planted together make an impressive hedge. We do not keep these as a stock item, but they can be lifted to order to ensure that they are as fresh as possible.
Within the field grown hedging range, Readyhedge can supply Carpinus betulus, Fagus sylvatica, Prunus lus. Angustifolia and Prunus lau. Rotundifolia as feathered bushy plants. These take longer to make a hedge, and you will need more plants, but they are a great way to make a hedge that is cost effective. We do not carry stock and get them lifted to order to minimise the time that they are out of the ground.
Field grown pleached trees
As well as offering Taxus and other field grown plants, we also supply field grown pleached trees. Predominantly they are Carpinus betulus with a 12-14cm girth. As we produce and train all the pleached trees that we have on site in house, at this time of the year we are able to produce freshly made panels with non-standard stem heights and panel sizes.
As you can see, although our container grown instant hedging is incredibly popular, we also have many years of experience offering traditional hedging options. Many of these aren’t stocked as standard, but we work closely with our wonderful clients and brilliant growers, to lift the plants when needed, to ensure freshness. Our team is on hand to work with you and discuss your requirements – get in touch today, to chat through your options!