If you'd like to plant a hedge around your garden for privacy, and you’re looking for inspiration beyond the traditional yew or beech, what are your options? Shrubs and small trees can be the perfect ...
Hedges serve many purposes in the garden ... blossom through autumn colour and berries into the winter. Additional evergreens like yew, holly and common beech which holds onto its autumn leaves ...
A yew hedge. Some plants won’t need staking ... It will keep most of its leaves throughout the winter, thus providing an excellent windbreak and a great place for small birds to take shelter ...
A yew hedge is slow-ish growing but has ... Globe artichokes are not the toughest of plants, and they can be lost to a cold and wet winter, a particular risk on clay soils. Cover the crowns ...
Plants with fine ... broadleaf evergreen shrubs lend form and structure to the garden throughout the year, especially during the coming quiet months. Columnar Irish yew (Taxus baccata ...