holly (female)
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moist, well-drained, moderately fertile, humus-rich soilRate of growth: fast-growing Flowering period: May and JuneHardiness: fully hardyTo find out more about how to plant a hedge, click hereThe glossy leave...
| English holly
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moist, well-drained, moderately fertile, humus-rich soilRate of growth: slow-growing Flowering period: May and June Flower colour: whiteOther features: the berries may cause a mild stomach upset if ingested; t...
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flowering currant
Position: full sunSoil: moderately fertile, well-drained soilRate of growth: average to fast-growing Flowering period: April Flower colour: dark redOther features: bright green leavesHardiness: fully hardyA deciduous, spring-flowering, ornament...
| Photinia
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: any fertile, well-drained neutral to alkaline soilRate of growth: average to fast growingFlowering period: April and MayHardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection)To find ou...
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oleaster
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: fertile, well-drained soilRate of growth: average Flowering period: October and November Flower colour: creamy-whiteOther features: the variegated foliage is excellent for flower-arrangingHardiness: fully har...
| common box
Position: partial shadeSoil: fertile, well-drained soil, including chalkyRate of growth: slow-growingHardiness: fully hardyTo find out more about how to plant a hedge, click hereCommon box makes a fabulous formal hedge for a partially shady site,...
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fig
Position: full sunSoil: will tolerate most soils, except very badly drainedRate of growth: averageHardiness: fully hardyThis deciduous, spreading shrub is highly ornamental, with large, glossy, palmat palmate leaves. It is best grown against a south...
| pear
Position: full sunSoil: fertile, well-drained soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: AprilFlower colour: pure whiteOther features: edible, yellowish green dessert pearsHardiness: fully h...
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olive tree
Position: full sunSoil: deep, fertile, sharply drained soil (or loam-based potting compost for container-grown specimens)Rate of growth: slow-growing Flowering period: June to August Flower colour: creamy-whiteOther features: in hot summers the flowe...
| gooseberry
Position: full sun, but some shading needed in very hot weatherSoil: any well-drained soilRate of growth: averageOther features: large, pale green berries (late July)Hardiness: fully hardyA vigorous, spreading bush with large, pale green berries whic...
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bellflower
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moist, well-drained soilRate of growth: average to fast-growingFlowering period: July to SeptemberHardiness: fully hardyThese clump-forming, low-growing Carpathian bellflowers are perfect for softening the edg...
| dalmatian bellflower
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moist, well-drained, fertile soilRate of growth: fast-growingFlowering period: July and AugustHardiness: fully hardySpreading mounds of deep purple, funnel-shaped flowers appear in July and August with heart-s...
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bellflower
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moist, well-drained, fertile soilRate of growth: fast-growingFlowering period: June to SeptemberHardiness: fully hardyThis low-growing, spreading campanula makes ideal groundcover, and looks wonderful scrambli...
| phlox
Position: partial shadeSoil: humus-rich, fertile, moist, well-drained soil, including heavy soilRate of growth: average Flowering period: JuneHardiness: fully hardyPretty carpets of pale to deep lilac-blue flowers appear in June with magenta star...
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bellflower
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: well drained soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: July to SeptemberHardiness: fully hardyMasses of pretty, pure white, bell-shaped flowers appear on branched stems from July to September among heart-sh...
| sowbread
Position: full sun to partial shadeSoil: humus-rich, well-drained soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: October to JanuaryHardiness: fully hardyWith their pretty, marbled, heart-shaped leaves and upright, fragrant pink or white flowers, t...
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smoke bush
Position: full sunSoil: moderately-fertile, moist, well-drained soilRate of growth: fast-growing Flowering period: July to AugustHardiness: fully hardyIn July and August this vigorous, deciduous shrub is festooned with fluffy plumes of purplish-pink ...
| cotoneaster
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moderately fertile, well-drained soilRate of growth: fast-growingFlowering period: JuneHardiness: fully hardyThis vigourous, semi-evergreen shrub or tree bears clusters of small creamy-white flowers in June. T...
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Californian lilac
Position: full sunSoil: fertile, well-drained soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: May to JuneHardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection in cold areas)In late spring and early summer, this bushy evergreen shrub is smothered in clusters...
| laurustinus
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soilRate of growth: average to fast-growingFlowering period: December to AprilFlower colour: whiteOther features: the fruits can cause a mild stomach-ache if ingestedHar...
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