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)
Viburnum tinus 'Lucidum'
Laurustinus
Viburnum tinus 'Peter's Purple'
Laurustinus
Escallonia laevis Pink Elle = 'Lades'
Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lonicera ligustrina var. yunnanensis 'Maigrun'
Shining honeysuckle, Boxleaf honeysuckle
Aucuba japonica f. longifolia
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica f. longifolia 'Salicifolia'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Berberis x stenophylla 'Lemon Queen'
Rosemary barberry
Bromelia balansae 'Variegata'
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Maryline'
Hybrid oleaster
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Moonlight'
Hybrid oleaster
Euonymus japonicus 'Latifolius Albomarginatus'
Japanese spindle
Fargesia 'Angustissima'
Narrow leaf bamboo, Angustissima bamboo
Fargesia murieliae x nitida 'Viking'
Umbrella bamboo, Muriel bamboo, Fargesia hybrid bamboo
Fargesia nitida 'Black Pearl'
Fountain bamboo
Fargesia nitida 'Pillar'
Fountain bamboo
Godetia grandiflora 'Honeymoon Mix'
Godet's large flowered annual, Satin flower
Griselinia littoralis Green Horizon = 'Whenuapai'
Broadleaf, Papauma, Kapuka, New Zealand privet
Hebe 'Raspberry Chocolate'
Shrubby veronica
Hedera helix 'Atropurpurea'
Common ivy, English ivy, Purple English ivy
Hedera helix 'Palmata'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera helix 'Spectre'
Common ivy, English ivy
Ilex aquifolium 'Hascombensis'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Myrtifolia Aurea'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex crenata 'Fastigiata'
Slender box leaved holly, Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Ilex crenata 'Jenny'
Japanese holly
Ilex meserveae 'Heckenfee'
Blue holly
Ilex x altaclerensis
Highclere hybrid holly, Altaclera holly
Kalmia latifolia 'Freckles'
Calico bush, Mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia 'Pink Frost'
Calico bush, Mountain laurel
Lavandula 'Blue Spear'
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Ellagance Purple'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Jean Davis'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Royal Purple'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Olearia traversii
Chatham Island akeake
Photinia 'Red Devil'
Fraser's hybrid photinia
Photinia 'Super Red'
Christmas berry
Photinia x fraseri 'Carré Rouge'
Red square Photinia
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Cratus'
Kohuhu, Tawhiwhi
Pyracantha 'Golden Paradise'
Firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea 'Red Star'
Firethorn, Buisson ardent, Scarlet firethorn
Quercus ilex
Holm oak, Evergreen oak, Holly leaved oak
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Barbecue'
Barbecue Rosemary
Ugni molinae
Chilean guava, Chilean myrtle, Murtillo, Uni, Strawberry myrtle
Viburnum tinus 'Ladybird'
Scented laurustinus
Viburnum tinus 'Macrophyllum'
Laurustinus