Hedge sapling suppliers - advice needed

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Deborahm

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Does anyone know of any affordable suppliers of saplings for hedges? We've just bought a field whioch has some gaps in it's hedgerow.

What price do you pay, what species do you go for and where do you get them from?

Any advice welcomed.
 
I would go for bare root whips, or feathered maidens if you want something a bit bigger - bare root whips are pence to buy. I'd go for native species, probably reflecting what is in the hedge already - hazel, field maple, hawthorn, blackthorn, dogwood, willow, hornbeam, alder, elder etc. I'd avoid oak/horse chestnut/anything evergreen.

TBH any decent nursery will be able to get them for you. I also use http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/sho...-session=shopper:5EABF04516a8b1E2FCUJG1D4D154
 
Agree with SC and also remember that it's better to plant later in the year when the ground is damper to allow the roots to take. If you plant now while the ground is so dry, you will have to water the plants every day and even then they will take longer to establish; far better and easier for nature to do it for you!

ETA, if you can dig a bit of a trench and fill it with muck before you plant them, that will help too.
 
You could speak to your local council and find out if there are any schemes running with any charities/groups. When we planted some hedging they gave us details of a group which saved us quite a few pennies, they also came out and advised us on the best hedging etc for our area.

Remember to keep them protected from the neds tho our welshie loved the little whips!!
 
Bare root whips won't be sent out until November at the earliest - they aren't available before then. You need to plant between November and March, when the ground isn't waterlogged or frozen solid.
 
Agree with spotted cat - we have several metres to plant up - probably 200 whips in all...but nov onwards is the time to do it and they are pence each to buy.
 
What are are you in? I've used these guys before quite a bit and they are very good.

http://www.nurserymen.co.uk/trade/about_us/introduction

I would have a look what is in the hedge currently and try and do something similar. From experience hawthorn (also know as quickthorn for obvious reasons!) blackthorn (for sloe berries) and field maple to grow the best and strongest - and are the more hedgey planst imho from SC's list. Ash and elder grow very well, but can tend be a lots less dense than the others. Blackthorn is also poisonous and can cause infection if the horses get pricked by it (no experience of this myself, but have heard about it).

I'm trying to nurse a beech hedge at home at the moment, I have planted a hedge each winter the last two years with snow on the ground and they still seem to do v well :)
 
Deborahm said:
Does anyone know of any affordable suppliers of saplings for hedges? We've just bought a field whioch has some gaps in it's hedgerow.

What price do you pay, what species do you go for and where do you get them from?

Any advice welcomed.
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You should try http://www.hedging.co.uk/acatalog/Index_Hedging__Trees__Shrubs___Conifers_1.html
They are often recommended in the back of gardening reference books. they are suer helpful with the best type for the site & will deliver anywhere. Obviously it will be Nov now for bare-root.
 
Thanks for all the informative and quick replies. Much appreciated.

Sounds like we can wait a bit, which is great as I need to get mobile shelters and fencing sorted, so lots to keep me busy for now anyway!

We are based in Bedford.
 
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