Conifers for Hedging

Plants are freshly dug for each order, so we appreciate a few days notice for collection.


Chamaecyparis lawsoniana		Green, drooping branches
	'Aurea'	Golden
	'Albo-variegata'	Flecked white
	'Allumini'	Columnar, blue gray
	'Allumini Gold'	Yellow, blue inside
	'Argentea'	Light green
	'Blue Gown'	Glaucous blue
	'Chilworth Silver'	Silvery blue, slow growing.
	'Columnaris aurea'
	'Columnaris Glauca'	Narrow, blue green
	'Erecta Aurea'	Golden. compact foliage, slow growing.
	'Erecta viridis'	Columnar, bright green
	'Fletcherii'	Feathery, blue green
	'Fraserii'	Columnar, grey green.
	'Golden Wonder'	Broad pyramid, Yellow
	'Gold Lace'	Bright gold
	'Grayswood Feather'	Columnar, dark green
	'Grayswood Gold'	Columnar, golden
	'Green Hedger'	Rich green
	'Green Pillar'	Upright, mid green
	'Lanei'	Narrow, upright golden yellow.
	'Pelts Blue'	Blue, columnar
	'Pembury Blue'	Silvery blue, narrow pyramid
	'Potentii'	Feathery grey green
	'Stardust'	Narrow, golden
	'Stewartii'	Conical, yellow, then green
	'White Spot'	Grey green, flecked creamy white
	'Wisselii'	Bluish green, fast growing.
	'Yellow Transparent'
Chamaecyparis pisifera
	'Boulevard'	Steel blue, purple in winter

	AVAILABLE SIZES
	60 - 75 cm
	75 - 90 cm
	90 - 120 cm
	120 - 150 cm
	150 - 180 cm
	180 - 210 cm
	210 - 240 cm


Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
	Elwoodii	Compact, glaucous
	Elwoods Gold	Gold tips
	Elwoods Pillar	Compact, feathery, blue-grey.

	AVAILABLE SIZES
	45 - 60 cm
	60 - 75 cm
	75 - 90 cm
	90 - 120 cm
	120 - 150 cm


Cryptomeria japonica
	Elegans

	AVAILABLE SIZES
	60 - 95 cm
	90 - 120 cm


*x Cupressocyparis*
	'Gold Rider'

	AVAILABLE SIZES
	45 - 60 cm
	60 - 90 cm


	'Leylandii'

	AVAILABLE SIZES
	60 - 90 cm
	90 - 120 cm
	120 - 150 cm
	150 - 180 cm


*Taxus baccata*
	English Yew

	AVAILABLE SIZES
	60 - 75 cm
	75 - 90 cm
	90 - 120 cm
	120 - 150 cm
	150 - 180 cm


*Taxus baccata*
	'Fastigiata Aurea'	Upright, yellow

	AVAILABLE SIZES
	30 - 40 cm
	40 - 50 cm
	50 - 60 cm
	60 - 80 cm


Thuja occidentalis
	'Holmstrup'	Narrow cone, green
	'Smaragd'	Bright emerald green
Thuja orientalis
	'Meldensis'	Dwarf green, purple in winter
Thuja plicata
	'Atrovirens'	Dark green
	'Collyers Gold	Slow growing, pyramidal
	'Sempervirens Aurea'
	'Zebrina'

	AVAILABLE SIZES
	75 - 90 cm
	90 - 120 cm
	120 - 150 cm
	150 - 180 cm
	180 - 210 cm

NOTES ON CARING FOR ROOT-BALLED CONIFERS

Root-balled conifers have been grown in the open ground. They are freshly dug from the ground for each order and are supplied with the roots and earth tied in a hessian bag.

Because they have been grown in the open ground they are cheaper and are usually in better condition than pot-grown conifers.

But because they have been recently been dig out of the ground, and so have had their roots disturbed, they need more careful treatment until they become established in their permanent home.

Root-balled conifers should only be purchased and planted during the dormant season, that is from October to March. Usually we start to dig them with the onset of cool moist weather of autumn (this year it was late September), and cease digging them with the onset of dry weather in the spring (This year we continued digging them until April).

The root-ball should be kept damp until the time it is purchased until the time it is planted in its final position.

The technique for planting root-balled conifers is not to remove the hessian bag from the roots. That is, a hole is dug in the ground for each conifer, the conifer complete with its hessian bag is placed in the hole. The hole is then back-filled with compost or soil, and the soil firmly tamped into place.

For the following year, it is MOST IMPORTANT that the hedge should be regularly watered so that the ground around each plant is never allowed to become dry. After a year the new hedge will be well established.