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Pleached Viburnum tinus ‘Lucidum’: Evergreen Screening with Style

Pleached trees are an ideal solution if you’re looking for privacy and structure into your garden. Among the most versatile choices is Viburnum tinus ‘Lucidum’ – an elegant, evergreen variety, also known as French Laurustinus.

This tree is admired for its glossy dark green foliage, which stays dense throughout the year, ensuring reliable evergreen screening. Unlike many evergreens, it offers seasonal interest. Small fragrant creamy-white flowers are borne in flattened flowerheads, up to 10cm in diameter, from late winter into spring and are followed by attractive blue-black berries in autumn. This is a wildlife friendly evergreen.

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Pleached Viburnum tinus ‘Lucidum’

Pleached Viburnum tinus ‘Lucidum’ create narrow screens of foliage above a clear stem. This makes it especially useful in modern gardens where space is at a premium. You can achieve privacy without the bulk of hedging, while still allowing light and space beneath the canopy.

Where pleached Viburnum trees work best:

  • Along boundaries, to soften fencing and create a “living wall” of evergreen foliage.
  • Around patios or terraces, for stylish screening from neighbours.
  • Beside driveways or garden paths, adding structure without crowding ground-level planting.
  • In contemporary garden designs, bringing both formality and year-round interest.
  • As an avenue of trees along a driveway or property entrance, for an elegant approach.

Easy to maintain and responsive to pruning, Viburnum tinus ‘Lucidum’ is as practical as it is attractive. With its evergreen cover, seasonal flowers and berries, and refined pleached form, it’s a fantastic investment for any garden. These trees provide instant structure, elegance, and privacy, making them the perfect choice for transforming your outdoor space.

Available in stock now

Pleached Viburnum tinus ‘Lucidum’ trees ready for planting now 3-3.5m high on 1.5m x 1.2m frame

Special Offer £770 each

We have a good quantity of these stunning, mature specimens in stock at our Buckinghamshire nursery, and the Pleached Viburnum tinus ‘Lucidum’ trees are available at just £770 each (plus vat and delivery) — no other discounts are available on this special price. We are making way for new arrivals.

With our Plant Healthy certification, you can be sure that all our plants meet rigorous biosecurity standards.

Contact us today to arrange a visit, and to talk about our team about planting for you and project management.

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Practicality Brown is Plant Healthy!

We are proud to announce that we are Plant Healthy certified, and have met the stringent Plant Healthy Certification scheme requirements.

By adopting the Plant Health Management Standard, we are continuing to commit to robust biosecurity and pathogen controls. This means buyers and landscapers can trust that our hedges and trees, are grown, handled and supplied under rigorous standards designed to protect UK plant health and the wider countryside.

This certification confirms Practicality Brown’s dedication to best-practice horticulture, reducing the risk of spreading pests and ensuring safer plant supply chains—benefiting clients, designers, and the environment alike. This is an ongoing process of continual monitoring throughout the growing season.

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  • Enhanced Credibility: The Plant Healthy certification underlines our commitment to plant health, safeguarding landscapes and natural habitats.
  • Environmental Integrity: This reinforces our commitment to sustainability, compliance, and high-quality horticultural practice.

 Trust

Garden owners, designers and landscapers can now specify Practicality Brown with increased confidence, knowing that our plants meet rigorous biosecurity standards.

Whether designing show gardens, such as RHS Garden Shows featuring our award-winning Practical Instant Hedge™ or creating habitats for biodiversity, this certification signals our continued excellence and leadership in the horticultural industry.

Visit The Nursery

We would be delighted to show you around our Tree and Hedge nursery in Iver, Buckinghamshire, and show you our best horticultural practice in action.

We are located near to M4, M25 and M40 junctions, about 6 miles from Heathrow Airport. Also, just 15 miles from central London and 1 mile from Iver Station. With regular trains from London Paddington.

Please phone us first 01753 652022 to book a nursery visit and we will ensure we have an expert on hand to show you around.

We look forward to meeting you and helping you with your enquiry.

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