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Borders up to 1m | Hedges 1-2.5m | Screens 2.5m plus
Hedges 1-2.5m

If your garden bed receives less than ˝ a day of full sun and you have average well-drained soil these hedge plants are suitable for your garden situation.

Silver Stirling Pittosporum

Botanical Name: Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Silver Sheen’
Height x width: Up to 5m x 2m, trim to the height and width you desire.
Planting distance for hedge: 75cm for narrow hedge, and for larger wider hedges plant 1-1.5m apart
Conditions: Plant in full sun to part shade in well-drained soils
Features: Hardy, very fast growing, fine rich silver-green dense foliage.
Landscape use: Tall screens, narrow screens, thick hedges, narrow hedges or planted individual specimens.

Neighbours-Be-Gone®Trees

Botanical Name: Acmena smithii
Height x width: 6m x 3m can be kept trimmed to any height and width
Planting distance for hedge: 1m
Conditions: Full sun to part shade in well-drained soils
Features: Attractive glossy green foliage with red new growth, fluffy white flowers followed by small purple berries, fast growing
Landscape use: Landscape use: Hedges, screens, topiary, great for blocking out the neighbours!

Photinia

Botanical Name: Photinia robusta
Height x width: up to 3m x 3m
Planting distance for hedge: 1m
Conditions: Sun to part shade, very hardy, will tolerate a large range of soils but prefers moist well drained soils
Features: A rounded evergreen shrub with dark green glossy leaves with bright red attractive new growth
Landscape use: Hedges, screens, garden specimen,

Tarata

Botanical Name: Pittosporum eugeniodes variegatum
Height x width: 8m x 5m or can be trimmed lower in a hedge/screen
Planting distance for hedge: 1m
Conditions: Full sun to part shade in well-drained soils, very hardy
Features: A fast growing tree with narrow, oval, wavy-edged leaves that are variegated grey-green and creamy white.
Landscape use: Hedges, Screens, Windbreaks.

Escallonia ‘Iveyi’

Botanical Name: Escallonia ‘Iveyi’
Height x width: 2m x 2m
Planting distance for hedge: 70cm-1m
 
Conditions: Full sun to part shade in well-drained soils.
Features: Very rich dark-green wavy edged leaves and long panicles up to 15cm of slightly fragrant pure white flowers in late summer.
Landscape use: Hedging, background planting, general garden plant.

Mexican Orange Blossom

Botanical Name: Choisya ternata
Height x width: 1.5m x 1.5m, can be trimmed
Planting distance for hedge or screen: 80cm
 
Conditions: Full sun to part shade in rich, well-drained soil, prefers a slightly acidic soils
Features: Compact rounded bush, leaves consist of 3 glossy deep green leaflets, tight clusters of fragrant white flowers appear in spring and late summer
Landscape use: Specimen, screen, general landscaping, a great substitute for Orange Jessamine in a frosty area.

Laurustinus

Botanical Name: Viburnum tinus
Height x width: up to 3m x 3m
Planting distance for hedge or screen: 1m
Conditions: Sun to part shade, will tolerate a large range of soils but prefers moist well drained soils
Features: A rounded evergreen shrub with dark green glossy leaves that develop purple tones in winter, and in winter will produce clusters of tiny white flowers which emerge from pink buds followed by blue-black berries
Landscape use: Hedges, screens, garden specimens, containers.

Camellia

Botanical Name: Camellia sasanqua
Height x width: 2-2.5m x 1.5m, can be trimmed
Planting distance for hedge: 80cm-1m
Conditions: Full sun to part shade in rich, well-drained soils, prefers a slightly acidic soil
Features: Glossy green foliage, with large flowers in white, pinks and red which are very attractive in late autumn and winter
Landscape use: Specimen, screen, general landscaping, hedges

Camellia

Botanical Name: Camellia japonica
Height x width: 2.5-3m x 1.5m, can be trimmed
Planting distance for hedge: 1m
Conditions: Full shade to part shade in rich, well-drained soils, prefers a slightly acidic soil
Features: Glossy large dark green foliage, with large flowers in white, pinks, red and two toned colours which are very attractive in winter and early spring
Landscape use: Specimen, screen, general landscaping, hedges

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