Hedge plants - evergreen
If year round screening is required it has to be evergreen. If it is a low hedge aromatics such as rosemary or lavender could be considered. Higher hedges can utilise flowering plants^ such as Escallonia or Berberis. There is always a conflict between the production of flowers and the need to keep the hedge clipped, thus removing the parts that will flower. Formal lines suggest box or yew, informal hedges can make use of Aucuba or Photinia where the hedge can be pruned rather than rigidly clipped. Since yew is poisonous it is inadvisable to put this on a boundary where it could be grazed. Although beech is deciduous, if the hedge is not above two metres or so in height the plants will retain their brown leaves until spring.
Plants (430)
Abelia 'Edward Goucher'
Goucher's large flowered abelia
Abelia x grandiflora
Glossy abelia, Large-flowered abelia
Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifolia'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica 'Golden King'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Berberis candidula
Whitish barberry, Paleleaf barberry
Berberis darwinii
Darwin's barberry
Berberis darwinii
Darwin's barberry
Berberis thunbergii
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis x frikartii 'Amstelveen'
Frikart's barberry
Berberis x stenophylla
Rosemary barberry
Cotoneaster lacteus
Parney cotoneaster, Red clusterberry
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla
Oleaster, Hybrid oleaster
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Gilt Edge'
Oleaster, Hybrid oleaster
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Limelight'
Oleaster, Hybrid oleaster
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Viveleg'
Hybrid oleaster
Escallonia 'Iveyi'
Escallonia 'Red Dream'
Escallonia laevis 'Gold Brian'
Pink scallonia
Escallonia laevis 'Gold Ellen'
Escallonia rubra var. macrantha
Red escallonia
Euonymus fortunei
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald 'n' Gold'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Silver Queen'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Sunspot'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei Blondy = 'Interbolwi'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus japonicus
Spindle, Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus
Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Aureus'
Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Bravo'
Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Green Rocket'
Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Kathy'
Variegated Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Microphyllus Aureovariegatus'
Small leaved variegated Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Ovatus Aureus'
Japanese spindle
Griselinia littoralis
Broadleaf, Papauma, Kapuka
Griselinia littoralis 'Variegata'
Broadleaf, Papauma, Kapuka
Hebe pinguifolia 'Pagei'
Fat leaf hebe
Hebe pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii'
Fat leaf hebe
Hedera algeriensis 'Gloire de Marengo'
Algerian ivy, African ivy, Wildenow, Canary Island ivy
Hedera helix
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera helix 'Glacier'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera helix 'Goldchild'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera helix 'Oro di Bogliasco'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera hibernica
Atlantic ivy, Irish ivy
Hypericum
St John's wort, St Peter's wort
Ilex
Holly
Ilex aquifolium
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush