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)
Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata'
Silver-margined holly, Broad leaved silver holly
Ilex aquifolium 'Ferox Argentea'
Silver hedging holly, Hedgehog holly
Ilex aquifolium 'J.C. Van Tol'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex crenata 'Convexed Gold'
Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Ilex crenata 'Golden Gem'
Golden box leaved holly, Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Ilex myrtifolia
Myrtleleaf holly, Myrtle holly, Myrtle dahoon
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Golden King'
Highclere hybrid holly, Altaclera holly
Kalmia
Sheep laurel
Lavandula
Lavender
Lavandula 'Regal Splendour'
French lavender, Butterfly lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
English lavender, True lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Arctic Snow'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula aristibracteata 'Blue Star'
Bristle-bracted lavender
Lavandula stoechas 'Papillon'
Lavender, French lavender
Lavandula x chaytoriae 'Sawyers'
Lavender
Lonicera
Honeysuckle
Lonicera ligustrina var. yunnanensis
Shining honeysuckle, Boxleaf honeysuckle
Lonicera nitida 'Twiggy'
Shining honeysuckle, Boxleaf honeysuckle
Olearia macrodonta
New Zealand holly, Toothy New Zealand holly
Olearia x haastii
Haast's daisy bush
Osmanthus delavayi
Delavay tea olive
Osmanthus x burkwoodii
Burkwood's sweet olive
Pennisetum
Fountain grass
Photinia
Christmas berry
Photinia x fraseri 'Little Red Robin'
Fraser's hybrid photinia
Photinia x fraseri 'Red Robin'
Christmas berry, Red robin, Fraser photinia, Redtip photinia
Photinia x fraseri Pink Marble = 'Cassini'
Fraser's hybrid photinia
Pittosporum
Parchment bark
Pittosporum 'Garnettii'
Parchment bark
Pittosporum tenuifolium
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Potentilla
Cinquefoil, Five finger
Prunus
Cherry
Prunus laurocerasus
Common laurel, Cherry laurel
Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'
Common laurel, Cherry laurel
Prunus lusitanica
Portugal laurel
Pyracantha
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Golden Charmer'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Mohave'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Orange Charmer'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Orange Glow'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Soleil d'Or'
Firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea 'Red Column'
Firethorn, Buisson ardent, Scarlet firethorn
Rhododendron
Ribes
Currant, Gooseberry
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Ground cyprus, Cotton lavender, Lavender-cotton
Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Lemon Fizz'
Rosemary lavender cotton