Practicality Brown have specialised in Instant Hedge for over 20 years, providing immediate impact and maturity to many private gardens and landscaping projects. Our Instant Hedges are pre grown and sold by the linear metre, rather than as individual plants. Our mature hedges are available to plant all year round and are supplied between 0.8m and 1.8/2m high.
We have now developed our own mature range of Instant Hedge grown in hedge bags by us in Iver, Bucks. Please see our Practical Instant Hedge™ page for details of this high end, easy to plant, Instant Hedge. We are also continuing to supply Instant Hedges from various other growers as well so we are sure to be able to cater for any of your hedging requirements.
To buy an Instant Hedge please either fill out an enquiry form or call us on 01753 652022 to discuss your requirements. Our sales team will then be able to provide a bespoke quotation based on the best instant hedge options for your specific garden project. We also have hedges taller than 2m high available – click on the following link for details – screening trees and high hedge
If you are unsure what an instant hedge is – please click on the link for more information.
Instant Hedge Varieties
We have over ten thousand metres of instant hedge in production – the species and heights available are listed below. The availability can change on a weekly basis and therefore we welcome specific enquiries, based on the approximate linear metres required and the time of planting.
Evergreen Instant Hedging
Broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis)
90 to 100cm and 1.2 to 1.5m high
Yew (Taxus baccata)
60cm, 1 to 1.2m, 1.3 to 1.5m, 1.5 to 1.8m and 1.8 to 2m high
Holm Oak (Quercus ilex)
1.6 to 1.8m high
Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus ‘Rotundifolia’)
1 to 1.2m, 1.3 to 1.5m, 1.5 to 1.8m and 1.8 to 2m high
White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis ‘Brabant’)
1.5 to 1.8m and 1.8 to 2m high
Portuguese Laurel (Prunus lusitanica ‘Angustifolia’)
1 to 1.2m, 1.2 to 1.5m, 1.5 to 1.8m and 1.8 to 2m high
Oleaster (Elaeagnus ebbingei ‘Compacta’)
1 to 1.2 and 1.2 to 1.5m high
Photinia fraseri ‘Red Robin’
1.4 to 1.6m high
Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
1.2 to 1.4m and 1.4 to 1.6m high
Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) semi-evergreen
1.2 to 1.5m, 1.5 to 1.8m and 1.8 to 2m high
Deciduous Instant Hedging
Native Mix (various mixes of native plants)
1 to 1.2m, 1.5/1.8m and 1.8 to 2m high
Green Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
1 to 1.2m, 1.2 to 1.4m and 1.5 to 1.8m high
Purple Beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropunicea’)
80 to 100cm and 1 to 1.2m high
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
1.5 to 1.8m and 1.8 to 2m high
Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
1.2 to 1.6m and 1.5 to 1.8m High
Instant Hedge Benefits
Hedges are cost effective, compared to a brick wall and form an attractive boundary more quickly than many gardeners imagine.
They can create a strong framework for the garden, so that it looks good in midwinter and is adept at providing an attractive background to carry the beautiful floral decoration of spring and summer. As well as providing structure to the garden, they can be perfect for wildlife, and particularly nesting birds.
Planting a mature, instant hedge has the following benefits:
- We have taken the time to grow the hedges, so you don’t have to!
- Shelter: reducing wind strength better than a solid barrier
- Filter: absorbing dust and noise
- Privacy: as an effective visual screen, particularly evergreen hedging
- Security: a prickly hedge is a great intruder deterrent
- Beauty and interest from seasonal changes, particularly deciduous hedging
- Background texture and colour complement other plants
- Wildlife: food and shelter for a wide variety of native insects, birds and mammals
- Weather-resistance: much better than manmade fences or brick walls
- Economy long term compared with fencing and brick work
- Long-lived: hedges can last hundreds of years
- Can be planted to shape, such as a curve
- Easy to maintain; see our notes on maintaining your instant hedge.
Hedge Selecting Guide
We have created a table to help select the most suitable instant hedge for your project, click here.
Delivery and Installation
Our service options include delivery and installation or delivery only; for hedges direct to your garden, you need to look no further.
Mature Ready Grown Hedges
Practicality Brown have a number of hedging options available to help take the time out of creating a mature, instant look for any garden hedge project – whether its evergreen instant hedging for privacy screening or the seasonal interest of a mature deciduous instant hedging.
As well as our own Practical Instant Hedge™ we also supply top quality Hedging Elements and the Elveden Instant Hedge™
Hedging Plants
We can also supply beautiful individual hedging plants and elements for different applications and extreme heights of up to 6 metres; see our Projects page or News Blog for examples of our work.
Testimonials
Hedging and Trees
“A big thank you to your team. Everyone was extremely professional, personable and responsive. Steve was excellent in making suggestions and coming up with a planting plan. Conrad was equally consultative during the planting process when we re-ordered the shrubs for the back garden once we had them on site and worked with us on positioning the front hedge. Everything looks great and we couldn’t be happier with the screening set up in the back garden – most importantly, our neighbour loves it!! As Steve knows, we have another project on the go at the moment – we will be in touch next year once we start the landscaping process and need to address another screening challenge.” SB
“Thanks for a job beautifully done! The Photinia hedgerow looks brilliant; as if it had been there ten years already. The team were great; very efficient and professional, carrying out their work with care and precision. Even the lorry and the equipment looked classy! I arrived at the house at 8:00am to the usual gap at the front and by lunchtime the hedge was in place being irrigated and the grounds tidied over. So glad I went with Practicality Brown and if anyone wants a recommendation, I’ll give you my 10 out of 10 vote. Thanks again to all who worked on this project.” HS
“Just wanted to say how thrilled we are with the beech hedge you installed at the beginning of the month. We were very impressed with all the team from start to finish, they were friendly, extremely efficient and very tidy. It really sets the house off and has been much complimented on by friends and neighbours. In fact one of them has already asked for your number. Please pass on our thanks to all those involved.” D&S M
“We were very pleased with the Yew hedge – it has achieved exactly the effect that we wanted… “ I H – Whitchurch.
“The Practicality Brown team were very helpful and co-operative. I chose the hedges myself and was delighted with the service”. Dr. R P
“I expected you to be good and you were, well done”. JR, Hertfordshire.
“Very pleased with the product, good informative response from site workforce. The Yew hedge for Sytch Lane Cemetery (Wombourne), lived up to our expectations”. PD.
“I’m not really sure where I heard of Practicality Brown, but I am very pleased with the quality of the hedge supplied…” JC.
“The hedge was recommended by Pathfinder Gardening. The quality of the Beech hedging supplied was excellent”. AM.
“The impact of a 30 metre long, 6 feet high instant laurel hedge appearing overnight caused some very amusing stares from drivers on the school run! A fantastic end result, providing privacy and noise reduction”. CC.
“Many thanks for the great service and quality of the yew hedging. I will be in touch regarding future work soon”. R.
Contact Us
Please use the enquiry form with details of the hedges that you are interested in and we will provide you with a bespoke quotation.
