5 Favorites: Brit Style Garden Hedges - Gardenista
Photographs by Kendra Wilson for Gardenista, except where noted. What is it about garden visiting that is so inspiring when you are there and so deflating after you return home Instead of an amorphous... ...shrub or some random bushes think about clipped hedges which will bring a garden up toward eye level and give you something to focus on A holly hedge punctuated with holly trees at Holly Farm, Leicestershire. There is an ilex for every occasion: common holly (ilex aquifolium) is most often used for hedges and topiary as above. Holly forms an impenetrable hedge, keeping out humans and larger animals. No wonder the berries disappear so quickly. The low, thick comfort of box, which provides a middle story to yew in the traditional Arts and Crafts garden. For US gardeners, Buxus Green Velvet is $13.95 apiece from Great Garden Plants. Big structure in winter and every other season. Photograph by Ropergees via Flickr. Hornbeam (shown here) and beech keep their leaves in winter, which is a comfort at the beginning when the whole garden is shedding. Naturally lax and rangy some varieties can be pruned into a neat and very striking hedge Cotoneaster Divaricatus is one... ...of the best for hedging and is available from Glebe Farm about 0 89 each depending on size of order