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View full detailsBeautiful Flowering Hedges for Privacy, Colour & Year-Round Garden Interest
Flowering hedges are an excellent way to combine the practical benefits of traditional hedging with beautiful seasonal flowers, attractive foliage and increased wildlife value. From compact boundary hedges to informal flowering screens, there is a wide variety of flowering hedging plants suitable for gardens of all styles and sizes.
Our range of flowering hedge plants includes popular choices such as Escallonia, Sarcococca, Hibiscus and Viburnum tinus, providing options for different positions, eventual heights and flowering seasons.
Whether you're looking for an evergreen flowering hedge for year-round privacy, a fragrant hedge close to a pathway or a colourful informal boundary, flowering hedging can provide far more than simply a screen.
A flowering hedge can provide structure and privacy while introducing additional colour and seasonal interest into the garden.
Key benefits include:
If year-round screening is important, an evergreen flowering hedge provides the added benefit of retaining its foliage throughout winter.
Escallonia is a popular evergreen hedging plant with glossy foliage and masses of flowers during summer. It is particularly useful for creating colourful informal hedges and can perform well in coastal and relatively exposed positions.
Viburnum tinus is another excellent evergreen choice, producing clusters of flower buds and flowers through the colder months and into spring. Its combination of evergreen foliage and winter interest makes it a particularly useful garden hedge.
Sarcococca, commonly known as Sweet Box, is ideal where a lower-growing evergreen hedge is required. Its small winter flowers may be relatively understated, but they produce a wonderfully strong fragrance, making Sarcococca particularly effective close to paths, entrances and seating areas.
For an impressive summer display, flowering shrubs can transform an ordinary boundary into one of the most attractive features in the garden.
Hibiscus produces beautiful, exotic-looking flowers during summer and into early autumn. Although deciduous rather than evergreen, it makes an attractive informal flowering hedge and is particularly effective in sunny, sheltered positions.
Escallonia is also an excellent option for summer colour, producing an abundance of flowers against its evergreen foliage.
By choosing plants with different flowering periods, it's possible to create interest across several seasons.
A fragrant flowering hedge can add another dimension to the garden and is particularly effective when planted close to an entrance, pathway or seating area.
Sarcococca is one of the best choices for winter fragrance, producing highly scented flowers at a time of year when relatively few other garden plants are flowering.
Other flowering hedge varieties can provide fragrance at different points throughout the growing season, helping to create a garden that appeals to more than just the eye.
Flowering hedging can be an excellent addition to a wildlife-friendly garden.
The flowers can provide nectar and pollen for bees and other beneficial insects, while established hedges can also provide shelter and habitat for garden wildlife.
Varieties such as Escallonia and Viburnum tinus are particularly useful for combining ornamental value with wildlife-friendly planting.
A mixed flowering hedge containing several different species can extend the flowering period and create a more diverse garden habitat.
Flowering hedges are extremely versatile and can be used throughout the garden.
They are ideal for:
The best position will depend on the individual variety. Some flowering hedges prefer full sun, while others, including Sarcococca, are particularly useful for shadier positions.
When selecting a flowering hedge, consider what you would most like it to provide.
For evergreen screening and summer flowers, Escallonia is an excellent option.
For winter flowers and evergreen structure, consider Viburnum tinus.
For fragrance and shadier areas, Sarcococca is particularly useful.
For large, colourful summer flowers, Hibiscus can create an impressive informal hedge in a sunny position.
You should also consider the eventual height and spread of the plants, how formal you would like the finished hedge to appear and whether year-round screening is essential.
Good preparation will help a new flowering hedge establish successfully.
Prepare the planting area thoroughly, removing weeds and loosening compacted soil before planting. Plants should be positioned at an appropriate distance for the individual variety and the desired finished hedge.
Avoid planting too deeply. The top of the rootball and natural root flare should remain approximately level with the surrounding soil.
Once planted, water each plant thoroughly to ensure moisture reaches the complete rootball.
Regular watering is particularly important during the establishment period.
Newly planted hedging should receive a deep, thorough soaking, ensuring water penetrates down through the rootball rather than simply wetting the surface.
During warm, dry or windy weather, check the soil regularly and increase watering when required.
A soaker hose can be particularly useful for longer stretches of newly planted hedging, helping to deliver water evenly along the entire row.
Pruning requirements vary depending on the variety and when it produces its flowers.
Unlike a purely foliage hedge, it's important to consider flowering time before pruning, as trimming at the wrong point in the season can remove developing flower buds.
Some flowering hedges can be maintained in a relatively neat, formal shape, while others look their best when allowed to develop into a softer and more natural screen.
Always check the pruning requirements of the individual variety before cutting.
Growth rates vary considerably between flowering hedge varieties.
Factors including plant size, soil conditions, position, watering and ongoing care will all influence how quickly a new hedge establishes and fills out.
Faster-growing varieties can provide screening relatively quickly, while slower-growing plants may take longer but can require less frequent maintenance once established.
Our range of flowering hedging plants for sale offers a beautiful alternative to traditional foliage-only hedging, combining practical screening with seasonal colour, fragrance and wildlife value.
Choose from popular flowering hedge plants including Escallonia, Sarcococca, Hibiscus and Viburnum tinus, with options suitable for evergreen screening, informal boundaries, fragrant planting and colourful seasonal displays.
Whether you're looking for year-round privacy, beautiful summer flowers or a fragrant winter hedge, there is a flowering hedging plant to suit almost every garden.
Shop our range of Flowering Hedges online and create a beautiful living boundary filled with colour, structure and seasonal interest.
