Hedges

There are few hedge plants that can be pruned into a tight, straight shape as well as the Taxus. In a formal garden, these Taxus hedges can often be found. Sometimes, however, they are cut especially straight and tight, so that one is already amazed at how the garden owner must have managed it. However, […]

In general, you will have few problems with the Taxus. This hardy hedge plant can also live to be quite old: the oldest Taxus plants on record even date back to before the dawn of time. The Taxus, unlike some other conifer varieties, is not particularly susceptible when it comes to mold diseases and pest

Yew is a particularly hardy hedge plant that can be used to create wonderful hedges. Yew hedges are evergreen, hardy and opaque. The deep green appearance of a yew hedge gives your garden a warm and thoroughly sophisticated look. So you can well understand why so many garden owners have taken this conifer to their

Yew is a hedge plant, which is often used in European gardens for years. This conifer is so very popular for several reasons. For example, the yew is evergreen and particularly robust. In addition, yew does not require special care. With minimal care, you can already use yew to create a wonderful, deep green and

Yew is an evergreen conifer that is often used as a hedge plant. And not without reason: a yew hedge provides an opaque and deep green garden border all year round. In addition, a yew should be cut back quite tightly, because this will give your garden a formal and particularly well-groomed appearance. However, with

Most conifers have a powerful and rapid growth. Actually, all varieties of conifers are known to be particularly proficient when it comes to growth, but the yew is an exception here. Leylandii conifers are even known by their particularly fast growth: therefore, these world champions can grow a whole meter per year. Conifers are therefore

The different varieties of cherry laurel are particularly popular hedge plants among garden owners. With a cherry laurel hedge as an evergreen border around your garden, you can create a wonderful atmosphere in your garden. With a cherry laurel hedge, you will also have a wonderful garden border all year round, but it will also

No matter how attached you may be to your hedge, eventually the best years of your green garden border will be over. And then you are suddenly confronted with the big task to replace an old hedge, even if it is difficult. But there is another way: in fact, this task can be done even

We regularly hear the following question from garden owners: what hedge plant can I plant on a wet soil? Almost most hedge plants, in fact, can not tolerate wet soil well. The permanent wetness can even cause the roots of some plants to start rotting. But it can also make the leaves of your hedge

Are you planning to plant a new hedge in your garden? Then you should definitely consider the cherry laurel. There are several varieties of cherry laurel. Choose for yourself which variety best fits the design of your garden. A cherry laurel hedge is not only particularly beautiful to look at: It offers you and your

Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) is often used in landscaping, moreover, it is regularly seen in very different gardens. Often you can see low to medium-high hedges consisting of hornbeams. These small hedges look very elegant, are well-branched and therefore nicely opaque. But are hornbeams also suitable for high hedges? And how does the hedge become so

Do you want to know which conifers are in your garden? Or are you toying with the idea of planting a conifer hedge, but do not yet know which one best suits the style of your garden? We’d be happy to show you how to identify the different conifers. There are more than 600 species

Most conifers grow quite quickly. Yew is an exception: this hedge plant is known for its relatively slow growth. But is that really true? How fast do yews really grow? And is there anything you can do to make your yew hedge grow faster? In this blog article, we want to address these questions. Do

Hedge plants are available with a root ball, as container plants or bare root plants. Bare-root hedge plants are generally somewhat less expensive than container plants or than hedge plants with a root ball. This makes bare-root hedge plants particularly attractive to garden owners, who can then create a beautiful hedge in the garden at

Yew hedge has become an integral part of our gardens. Especially a yew hedge halfway up the front garden is often part of our garden design. Yew is also particularly suitable for this purpose. Its shape and branching give it a stylish look that suits almost any garden. In addition, the disciplined height of a

Privet is a popular hedge plant that has been planted in our gardens for many, many years. A privet hedge can help give your garden a pleasant and natural look. Moreover, you can cut back this plant quite easily and generally privet hedges are also particularly healthy hedges that do not get sick easily. Nevertheless,

When you see a hedge planted in a garden to protect the privacy of the garden owners, it is usually a conifer hedge. In fact, conifers may be the best hedge plants available to create a privacy hedge. But why are conifers good for privacy hedges? Therefore, we will first look at the characteristics of

All hedge plants should be cut back regularly. There are hedge plants that do not require any further maintenance to maintain a pretty, natural shape. But even with these hedge plants, you should regularly cut back the branches that are out of line. This all sounds pretty simple, but still, we often hear the following

One of the most impressive hedge plants is yew. By the way, there are different varieties of yew, and then there are also different cultivated forms. However, they are all exceptionally good as hedge plants and therefore suitable for the formation of hedges. For example, some varieties look better when planted as individual plants in

If you want to plant flowering hedge plants in your garden, then of course you would like to know more about the flowering time of the hedge plants you want to order online. After all, not all plants bloom for the same amount of time or at the same time. If you want to get

Privacy in the garden can sometimes be necessary. If a garden needs to be protected from the prying eyes of neighbors or pedestrians fairly quickly, then a wooden fence or a wall made of bricks in the garden is often used. But there are plenty of other options to provide more privacy in the garden

There is actually nothing more beautiful than to delimit your garden with a hedge. If you have small children, then you should already think about which hedge plants you want to use then best in the garden. After all, some hedge plants can become a risk for small children, and it is precisely this risk

If you are looking for the ultimate spring feeling, then you will definitely be very happy about hedge plants that bloom in the spring. In fact, many garden owners particularly like it when there is a lot of color in their gardens. Especially in the popular, more informal gardens, you can think here for example

Although our hedge plants offer is quite large, it may still be that the number of suitable hedge plants is rather limited if you live in the vicinity of a city. This is because the conditions of a large city are not at all ideal for some hedge plants. The air, of course, is often

The fresh sea air is reason enough for many people to buy a house on the coast. However, for most hedge plants, this sea air is unfavorable, because there are few plants that can cope with the strong sea air. Moreover, the salt in the air can be fatal for many plants. Nevertheless, there are

Boxwood disease is a dangerous plant disease. If your boxwood hedge is attacked by it, then it can die already within a few days. There will then not be a leaf left in your neatly trimmed hedge. And then this probably goes completely against your expectations, if you have evergreen hedge plants in your garden,

If you prefer a conifer hedge with a formal look, then there is really no better hedge plant than yew. But did you know that there are different varieties of yew? Not every yew variety is equally suitable for forming a hedge. For example, some varieties do better as individual plants. What are the varieties

Many underestimate the impact of a well-kept garden on property value. An unkempt lawn or beds overgrown with weeds not only affect your living comfort, but also have a detrimental effect on the value of your property. Even small measures can have a big impact. An investment in one or more hedges is particularly worthwhile,

When weeds grow under your hedge, it’s never a pretty sight. Moreover, it can be harmful to your hedge plants in the long run. So it’s high time to remove the weeds! But how can you remove weeds without damaging the hedge? And how to prevent weeds from growing again under the hedge within a

Trimming a hedge can become a difficult task for many garden owners. Especially if you are an inexperienced amateur gardener or are planting a hedge in your garden for the first time, then pruning can become a real challenge. But don’t panic! Our experts will be happy to give you some tips, because trimming a