Summary
Boundaries are an important part of garden scenery, with the right kind of mellow brick wall or well-chosen hedge creating the best backdrop for your plants. More and more gardeners are considering mixed native hedges as an alternative to thickets of escallonia or berberis, because they are more wildlife-friendly and full of character. During autumn they're a joy, lit by red hawthorn berries, shiny rose hips, inky elderflower fruits and lustrous sloes against the buttery yellow of field maple leaves and red of guelder rose.
Perrie Hale Forest Nursery, near Honiton in Devon, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a family business and finds that supplying bare- rooted native hedging to gardeners is a growing part of its trade.See the full content of this document
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Hedge Your Bets Withbackdrop of Greenery
When Judy Davey's father John Udale started the 14-acre nursery, he grew mainly forest trees, because land owners were planting for timber production. Judy and her husband Nick Davey have added more hedging plants and no doubt their son Oliver, who has recent...
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