Low Hedge Plants Nz

With its short blue green needles blue star juniper looks especially nice planted next to shrubs with golden.

Low hedge plants nz. Making this a must for hedging in a formal garden. This plant grows to roughly 1 to 3 feet tall with a 1 to 4 foot spread. Matapouri blue is a beautiful blue green form. Its ability to withstand frequent shearing and shaping into perfect geometric forms makes this evergreen hedge plant a popular border plant. Fertilise using kings 24 or for an organic option try aquaticus supernatural. Keep it below a metre or grow it tall for privacy. A lovely totara hedge could be seen as new zealand s answer to the irish yew taxus baccata.

For example some of our hedging conifers can be kept to 1 2m or slightly less so should not be ruled out as a choice of low hedging. Wairere nursery 826 gordonton road r d 1 hamilton 3281 ph. Boxwood sets the standard for formal clipped hedges. Has shining mid green rounded leaves. Plant the bushier sides facing across from the next plant as this will ensure your hedge fills in quicker. Blue star juniper juniperus squamata blue star is strictly a foliage plant if you like the look of blue spruce trees but lack the room for something so big consider scaling down and growing blue star juniper. Great trimmed into a low hedge or as a topiary.

Hedge plants used decoratively are often trimmed to precise sizes and shapes and may be either evergreen or deciduous shrubs. Suggested plants for medium hedges. Water the plant deeply and mulch with living earth more than mulch to reduce competition for nutrients form weeds. Both grow in mountainous and coastal areas throughout new zealand. Suggested plants for low hedges abelia buxus choisya coprosma escallonia euonymus hebe ilex lavender lonicera roses teucrium. Swamp flax is larger and more. Bushy evergreen shrub with lush green foliage.

Hedging plants suited to low hedges many of our dwarf or compact hedging varieties are obvious choices for low hedging however many other species are also easy to maintain at lower heights. 10 garden plants even you can t kill. The golden totara podocarpus totara aurea has stood the test of time as an excellent low maintenance hedge. 07 824 3430 email. Cubes of pittosporum are backdropped by an unusual evergreen ash hedge in this kiwi garden. Shrubs used for the practical function of security should be densely growing and possibly have thorns such as hawthorns or prickly leaves such as english holly. Frequent clipping ensures a crisp edge keeps hedge size compact and allows you to follow the line of.

Hardy height x width. 1 x 1m buxus suffruiticosa is a low compact profusely branched shrub. Avoid form planting in the full sun or strong winds.