All plants

Plants for a hedge

Species that take clipping and close into a line, with the mature height of each.

The list holds the plants the catalogue marks as hedging. 13 plants.

• Dwarf purple barberryBerberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea Nana'
• Common boxBuxus sempervirens
• European hornbeamCarpinus betulus
• Hedge cotoneasterCotoneaster lucidus
• European beechFagus sylvatica
• Wild privetLigustrum vulgare 'Atrovirens'
• Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia'
• FirethornPyracantha coccinea 'Red Column'
• Rugosa roseRosa rugosa
• Hicks yewTaxus × media 'Hicksii'
• English yewTaxus baccata
• White cedar 'Brabant'Thuja occidentalis 'Brabant'
• Emerald arborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'

Other lists

• Plants for shade

  What grows on the north side of a house, under a tree and against a wall the sun reaches for an hour.

• Plants for bees and butterflies

  Forage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.

• Drought tolerant plants

  A garden that survives July without a hose starts with the plant list, not with irrigation.

• Evergreen plants

  What holds a garden together from November to March, when the rest of it is underground.

• Ground cover plants

  Instead of weeding: a close mat that shuts the ground and keeps weeds out.

• Plants safe with children and pets

  Nothing toxic and nothing thorny: the list a garden with a toddler or a dog starts from.

• Plants for screening

  For a neighbour's window, a road, and anything you would rather not look at from the terrace.

• Plants for pots

  For a terrace or a balcony, where the soil ends at the wall of the pot and water goes twice as fast.

Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 2026-09-22.