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)
Ulex europaeus 'Flore Pleno'
Double flowered gorse
Viburnum
Arrow wood
Viburnum tinus
Laurustinus
Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price'
Laurustinus
Viburnum tinus 'Gwenllian'
Laurustinus
Abelia x grandiflora 'Compacta'
Glossy abelia, Large-flowered abelia
Abelia x grandiflora 'Francis Mason'
Glossy abelia, Large flowered abelia
Abelia x grandiflora 'Gold Spot'
Glossy abelia, Large flowered abelia
Acacia paradoxa
Kangaroo thorn, Hedge wattle
Aucuba japonica
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica 'Golden Spangles'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica 'Goldstrike'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica 'Marmorata'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica 'Picturata'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica 'Sulphurea Marginata'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica f. longifolia 'Lance Leaf'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Bambusa metake
Arrow bamboo
Berberis 'Boughton Red'
Barberry
Berberis 'Goldilocks'
Barberry
Berberis darwinii 'Compacta'
Darwin's compact barberry
Berberis verruculosa
Warty barberry
Berberis x frikartii 'Telstar'
Frikart's barberry
Berberis x stenophylla
Rosemary barberry
Berberis x stenophylla 'Claret Cascade'
Rosemary barberry
Berberis x stenophylla 'Etna'
Rosemary barberry
Berberis x stenophylla 'Irwinii'
Irwins rosemary barberry, Rosemary barberry
Brachyglottis compacta
Compact shrubby ragwort
Buxus balearica
Balearic box
Buxus microphylla
Littleleaf boxwood, Small leaved box
Buxus microphylla
Littleleaf boxwood, Small leaved box
Buxus microphylla 'Faulkner'
Littleleaf boxwood, Small leaved box
Buxus sempervirens
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Buxus sempervirens
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Argentevariegata'
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Aurea Pendula'
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Aureovariegata'
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Elegantissima'
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Latifolia Maculata'
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Marginata'
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Myosotidifolia'
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Buxus Skylight = 'HER2009B03'
Box, Common boxwood, American boxwood
Camellia x williamsii
Williams hybrid camellia
Camellia x williamsii 'Donation'
William's hybrid camellia
Ceanothus x veitchianus
Veitch's Californian Lilac
Corokia x virgata 'Red Wonder'
Wire-netting bush