Garden Hedges
Willows make excellent garden hedges in small and large gardens. Early catkins, attractive leaves and colouful winter stems ensure a varied and attractive appearance throughout the seasons. They will respond well to trimming and can be kept to a required height and thickness. They can even be cut ( or harvested ) once a year to provide a crop of rods for craft use in the home or school. A willow hedge is also an excellent addition to a wildlife garden providing valuable habitat for beneficial insects and birds and a wildlife corridor for small mammals. They are quick and easy to establish from cuttings. Simply strim any weeds, cover with a weed suppressing mulch mat and make holes in the soil with a bar. Plant the cuttings and firm the soil with your heel. Several varieties are good for garden hedges including Flanders red, Purpurea, Triandra, Vitellina, Harrisons Seedling B and Sarda |
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Spacings
A double row of 2ft cuttings, 25cm apart, planted through a 0.5m wide mulch mat will establish and grow quickly, usually reaching 6ft or more in the first growing season.
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NO DIGGING !!
Make a hole in the ground with a metal bar, insert the willow cutting and firm with your heel.
As easy as that! |
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Windbreaks
Willows are the windbreak plant par excellence. Traditionally grown around orchards and smallholdings, they can reduce windspeeds by as much as 60% even in the winter, providing shelter for stock, plants and people alike. “Super Willow” variety Viminalis will even tolerate very harsh conditions such as high altitude and coastal areas. They will typically grow 6ft or more in the first year and often reach 16ft or more by the third year. Ultimate height will be approx 25 to 30ft, or they can be trimmed to the height required.
Spacings
A double row of 2ft cuttings at 50cm between plants and rows through a 1m wide mulch mat makes a good start to a windbreak. |
Pollinate your Fruits
Willow hedges and windbreaks are particularly useful around fruit and veg gardens not only for their shelter but also because they flower early in the season attracting pollinating insects which are then only too happy to move on to pollinating the fruit and veg. For this reason they are also good for honey bees. |
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Garden Hedge and Windbreak Kits |
All kits come with comprehensive planting and maintenance instructions
Please note: There is a minimum order of £50.
Prices include delivery on the mainland UK. |
How many Rows?
A single row could be considered economy, whilst a double row would be standard and a triple row the deluxe version, suitable for very exposed sites. A double row would be ideal in most cases. |
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Kit H1
Mixed
hedge
2ft cuttings
Mix of 3 varieties
Single row
25cm spacings
£4 per m length
£3.25 per m over 25m |
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Kit H2
Mixed
hedge
2ft cuttings
Mix of 3 varieties
Double row
25cm spacings
£8 per m length
£6.50 per m over 13m |
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Kit H3
Mixed
hedge
2ft cuttings
Mix of 3 varieties
Triple row
25cm spacings
£12 per m length
£10 per m over 8m |
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Kit W1
Windbreak
2ft cuttings
Viminalis
Single row
50cm spacings
£2 per m length
£1.75 per m over 50m |
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Kit W2
Windbreak
2ft cuttings
Viminalis
Double row
50cm spacings
£4 per m length
£3.25 per m over 25m |
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Kit W3
Windbreak
2ft cuttings
Viminalis
Triple row
50cm spacings
£6 per m length
£5 per m over 16m |
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To mulch or not to mulch ?
Willow, like any other plant, will establish & grow more vigorously with no competition for nutrients, water & light from weeds (including grass).
A woven mulch mat will allow water to penetrate to the willow roots and at the same time suppress weed competition.
You will always get significantly better results from a small cutting in weed free conditions than a larger cutting in weedy conditions. |
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Kit M1
Mulch Mat
0.5m wide
Mat and Pegs
Suitable for kits
H1 & W1
£1.15 per m length |
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Kit M2
Mulch Mat
1m wide
Mat and Pegs
Suitable for kits
H2 & W2
£1.90 per m length |
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Kit M3
Mulch Mat
2m wide
Mat and Pegs
Suitable for kits
H3 & W3
£3 per m length |
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01594 861782 |
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If you prefer to choose your own varieties, sizes and/or quantities, please go to.... |
We also offer a full planting service.
If you would like us to install your Hedge or Windbreak please contact us.
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Prices include delivery on the mainland UK except for some areas in the far north of Scotland.
( please ring or email for a quotation for delivery to north Scotland or offshore islands. ) |
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