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5 Evergreen Hedges You May Not Have Considered

by Gabi Cox on 25/11/2024

5 Evergreen hedges you may not have considered The last of autumn’s colourful leaves are still holding on but it will not be long before they too fall and the deciduous trees and hedges are laid bare, just showing their structure. With the loss of their leaves, it changes the views and the vista…

Autumn Colour at Readyhedge

by Gabi Cox on 22/10/2024

Autumn Colour Driving in to the nursery this morning in a thick fog reminds me that autumn is definitely here, even though it has been unseasonably warm and we are still waiting for the first frosts of the year. It is the season where plants undergo big changes. The deciduous ones start to go into…

Hedge highlights for September

by Gabi Cox on 25/09/2024

Our highlights for September As I write this we are nearly at the time of the year where day and night are in balance with 12 hours of dark and 12 hours of light. That can only mean that we are fast approaching the traditional planting season for hedging. Now that we are in September…

A spotlight on Laurel

by Gabi Cox on 22/08/2024

A spotlight on Laurels When talking to visitors at the nursery, many are looking for an evergreen, but they rarely want to go for a laurel. They all remember the big, heavily overgrown common laurels that you often see in commercial plantings and industrial estates. However, once you can start to look past this preconception,…

5 Common Hedge Problems

by Gabi Cox on 16/07/2024

During the summer you can get various pests and diseases, even on the best cared for hedge. These are the most common hedge problems that you might come across! 5 Common Hedge Problems: Pests & Diseases Aphids One of the most common hedge problems is the well known pest, the aphid….

Summer Care for Your Hedges: Six Top Tips

by Gabi Cox on 14/06/2024

Summer is a crucial time for hedge care and there are specific things to consider when it comes to summer care for your hedges. As the weather warms up, your hedges will start to grow more rapidly, and it’s essential to keep them in check. One question many gardeners ask is, “Can I trim my…

Fagus vs Carpinus: How to choose between the two

by Gabi Cox on 17/05/2024

Fagus vs Carpinus. These two deciduous hedging plants can look very similar to each other but they are different in many ways. Even in our nursery they can be confused, opposite our office we have one of each type and people regularly think that they are the same hedge. Fagus vs Carpinus: So how…

How to use Readyhedge in 4 easy steps

by Gabi Cox on 17/04/2024

Readyhedge is an innovative and easy way to plan and plant a hedge. Below we’ll take you through just a few of the benefits of using Readyhedge and how to use our hedging to benefit your garden or outdoor space in just four quick and easy steps. The traditional way of using bare root or…

Our Top Six Pleached Trees

by Gabi Cox on 18/03/2024

Readyhedge is known for being a grower of high quality instant hedging but did you know that we also grow nearly 1000 pleached trees each year. Starting with a feathered tree our team of skilled staff train the trees onto a bamboo frame and then grow them on for at least one growing season before they are offered for sale.

5 Top Low Hedge Shrubs For Your Garden

by Gabi Cox on 23/02/2024

At Readyhedge, we provide hedging of all shapes and sizes, catering to every type of outdoor space. We know that sometimes all that is needed is a small divider in a garden and this is where the low hedges come in. Low hedging tends to be evergreen, meaning they can add structure to the garden…