Spring is here and new projects are underway which invariably involve some hard landscaping. New pathways and fencing can look harsh when first installed but a bit of hedging is a great way to ...

Blackberries for jams, puddings, flavoured vinegars and vodka can be grown as part of an edible hedge, planted bare rooted over winter. Credit: Photo: GETTY IMAGES This autumn, it seems we’ve all gone ...

The best hedging plant suppliers Choosing the right hedge plants How to plant a hedge How to buy bare-root hedging Hedging plants for planting a new hedge or filling gaps in an existing one are best ...

Plan your time so that you can plant your hedge as soon as the plants arrive. If this isn’t possible, make a shallow trench, ...

Bare root refers to plants that are in a dormant, or not actively growing state. They are supplied with no soil around their roots and usually bought online or by mail order. Bare root plants are ...

If you’ve been toying with the idea of planting a hedge, nurseries will be taking orders and dispatching anytime from now until March while the plants are in their dormant state. So it’s just up to ...

If an Englishman’s home is his castle, hedges are the fortifications that mark his boundaries. It may only be a foot high but is a clear delineator of where your territory starts and ends. Taller ...

There’s still time to buy roses, fruit trees, hedging and perennials as bare root plants – which means they’re not as pretty when they arrive as they won’t be in flower, but given a bit of time to ...

Bare root refers to plants that are in a dormant, or not actively growing state. They are supplied with no soil around their roots and usually bought online or by mail order. Bare root plants are ...

If an Englishman’s home is his castle, hedges are the fortifications that mark his boundaries. It may only be a foot high but is a clear delineator of where your territory starts and ends. Taller ...