Ivydene Gardens Hedging Gallery:
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See Hedge Garden Use Page in Plants section for further details of other hedging plants.

Hedgenursery - who are the exclusive provider of Royal Horticultural Society Bare Root Hedging Plants with a range of over 1000 hedge plants sold direct to the trade and public - can provide details about the following:-

• Privacy or Screening Hedges
• Intruder Proof Hedges
• Formal Boundary Hedging
• Hedges for Polluted Urban Areas
• Noise Stopping Hedging
• Hedges for Exposed Sites/Wind Shelters
• Low Hedging ideas
• Hedges with Colour
• Hedges with Fragrance
• Hedges for Acid Soils
• Hedges for Chalk or Alkaline Soils
• Hedges for Wet Places
• Hedges as a backdrop to a Border
• Hedges for the Birds
• Attractive Hedge Stems
• Hedges for Bees and Butterflies
• Hedges with Fantastic Leaves
• Rural, Native and Conservation Hedging
• How to plant your hedge
• Caring for your hedge
• I have a rabbit problem

Hedges How to select, plant and grow a living fence by Jeffrey Whitehead (ISBN 0-7090-5566-8) shows hedge design; together with choosing, buying, planting and pruning of recommended hedge plants.

Nurseries that grow and sell plants to the Public:-

If a plant is detailed in its own page in this Gallery and it occurs in one of their catalogues, then it is noted as being available from that nursery in the Comments Section of that plant's description page.

Coblands Nurseries:-
Coblands Nurseries were founded in 1963 growing a wide range of shrubs, herbaceous, grasses, ferns and trees in the ‘coblands’ of Kent. The production nursery extends over 120 acres on a number of sites in and around Tonbridge, growing approximately a million plants at any one time.
www.best4plants.co.uk now brings this wealth of knowledge and expertise to the general public as well as the trade.

Palmstead Trade Customers:-
Palmstead Nurseries Limited, Harville Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent. TN25 5EU Tel: 01233 813340 Fax: 01233 813071 Email: sales@palmstead.co.uk
Web: www.palmstead.co.uk.

Palmstead Retail Customers:-
Palmstead Nurseries is a wholesale (not retail) outlet for the amenity trade, landscapers, garden designers and estate owners, but will supply to the general public providing the following is done:-

• Written Order value exceeds £200 (excluding VAT and delivery)
• Pot size for plants in containers or girth measurements for trees is specified
• No advice concerning what plants should be used in your selection should be requested from the WHOLESALE Nursery (garden planting design advice has to be paid for)

Hedges Direct ( Tel: 01772 603300 or email helpdesk@hedgesdirect.co.uk) is completely dedicated to hedges, who are a specialist grower of a huge range of hedging plants, in all sizes from 30cm to 3m. These hedging plants are available nationally by ordering online or by phone. They are in partnership with a very long established privately owned group of nurseries with over 10 acres, growing well over 500,000 plants each year. 
They can supply very large quantities to commercial buyers or £50 worth of beautiful plants to the individual gardener.

Mobilane (UK) Limited, PO Box 449, Stoke on Trent, Staffs. ST6 0AE.
Tel: 08702 427710, Email sales@mobilane.co.uk produce

• Green Screens (3 feet 4inches high by 4 feet long or 6 feet high x 4 feet long with hedging plants grown and trained around the upright to the full height of the screen, and grown in a bio degradable pot. The instant security is provided by a 5mm weldmesh galvanised steel security fence through which the hedging plants grow)for hedges, stand-alone-screens, security hedges and graffitii-removal hedges. The Betafence internal security screen (from the largest supplier of security fencing in Europe) comes with a 10 year guarantee and an expected life of 45 years. Mobilane sell over 4 miles of screens per month throughout Europe and only have 40 Kilometers in stock at any one time.
• Ground covering mats of Lonicera pileata, Hedera hibernica and Symphoricarpos albus to provide ground cover over steep slopes and embankments with immediate results. This is used where maintenance of a grassed bank would be difficult, time consuming and dangerous to access, and
• Green Walls erected up the outside of buildings using the Green Screens.

can be installed by www.hederascreens.co.uk or yourself.

Practicality Brown Ltd, Iver Stud Nursery, Iver, Bicks. SL0 9LA
Tel: 01753 652022. Email: sales@pracbrown.co.uk. Practicality Brown Limited state the following:-

"Why plant an instant hedge?

• Shelter, reducing wind strength better than a solid barrier
• Filter: absorbing dust and noise
• Privacy: as an effective visual screen
• Security: a prickly hedge is a great deterrent
• Beauty and interest from seasonal changes
• Background texture and colour complement other plants
• Wildlife: food and shelter for insects, birds and mammals
• Weather-resistance: much better than fences or brickwalls
• Economy long term compared with fencing and brickwork
• Long-lived: hedges can last hundreds of years
• Easy to maintain: see our notes on maintaining your instant hedge

Practicality Brown Limited have been supplying and planting UK grown Elveden instant hedge in the UK since 2002 and as a guide to help you maintain your hedge, we have produced the following information based on our experiences.

IRRIGATION - The amount of water available to your hedge roots depends on the water retention capacity of the soil (e.g. sandy, or clay soil) and cannot be exactly planned. It is important that you observe the hedge foliage for signs of drought so that your watering regime can be adjusted as necessary.

External signs of drought are that the foliage wilts and sometimes rolls or turns. Please note that it is also easy to over water your hedge and if you notice leaves turning yellow or unseasonal leaf drop then it is likely to be over watered in which case immediate action should be taken to cut back on watering. If the surface looks dry but you have symptoms of over watering then you need to check the moisture content 300 - 400mm below ground level by digging a small hole beside the hedge rootstrip.

The following table shows you the necessary amount of water required per linear metre per week by a newly planted Elveden instant hedge. This should be continued until the hedge has established, which is usually 24 months after planting. Watering can then be reduced as required by the hedge.

Please note that this is a guide only and your observation of the hedge is most important.

FEEDING. We advise that you feed your Elveden instant hedge annually with a quality nutrient blend fertiliser and the best application time for this is early spring although any time of the year is beneficial. Our own 20-20-10 Top dress blend which is an 8 month fully coated controlled release fertiliser with a balanced analysis and an increased trace element package is suitable for all year round use on Elveden instant hedge."