Screening trees and instant hedges are in stock now at our nursery. We have over 800 trees and 15,000m of instant hedging available at our nursery in Iver, Buckinghamshire. We have the perfect tree or instant hedge for your garden project. In stock now and available for delivery at a few days’ notice. Or even better come and visit our nursery and see our stock for yourself!
The Best Screening Trees
Our range of trees includes those suitable for creating privacy (screening trees). Those that are good for narrow gardens (pleached trees) and also some stunning specimen trees too.
We keep a good stock of our best, and most popular, trees here in Iver. Such as the classic Hollies and Laurels as well as the popular Photinia ‘Red Robin’. You can come to view – and choose – the trees for yourself when you arrange a nursery visit.
Top Quality Instant Hedges
As well as our range of in stock trees, we have an extensive range of home grown Practical Instant Hedge™, across 16 species. From the sea-wind tolerant Griselinia to the classic Yew and the popular Native Mix. We have taken the time to produce top quality hedging, meaning that you can enjoy the instant impact, from the moment it is planted. Instant privacy, instant screening and instant results! This hedge is supplied in convenient metre long pieces for ease of handling and planting. Our hedging can also be planted all year round.
About Us
Practicality Brown started in the early 1980s and has been at the forefront of many pioneering horticultural practices. This included supplying large trees to the landscape trade and the development of pre-grown instant hedging.
We pride ourselves on our excellent customer satisfaction ratings. With the excellent quality of our products and services together with our amazing staff, who create a great experience for customers.
We are on hand to help, guiding your project choice from plant selection, right through to delivery and planting.
Visit The Nursery
We would be delighted to show you around our Tree and Hedge nursery in Iver, Buckinghamshire, whether you are interested in screening trees or instant hedges.
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 and helping you with your enquiry.





Ideal for screening due to its symmetrical habit, density and lack of pruning requirements. The glossy green leaves are smooth rather than spikey. The autumn berries provide colour and food for birds. Grows well in well-drained soil, is drought tolerant, needs sun-partial sun.
A compact, small sized evergreen tree with camellia-like olive-green leaves that looks attractive in pleached form. It bears large clusters of white flowers in late summer. A tough performing species that will thrive on most soils, but avoid waterlogged areas
With large dark green leaves, this evergreen produces beautiful, large, white flowers in the summer, which can be up to 25 cm in diameter. As well as decorating this stunning tree, they also create a sweet-citrus smelling aroma, and makes a stunning pleached tree. Magnolia grows well in most soils, but it must be sheltered and not north-facing
This pretty little evergreen is perfect for screening in the garden. Glossy tooth edged leaves resemble Holly and form an upright but spreading plant. Fragrant white flowers appear in autumn amongst the leaves and branches.
This is a versatile evergreen, that has vibrant red new shoots in spring, which contrast with the white blossom – unusual in an evergreen. The bright new leaves change to a deep, glossy green as they mature.
A robust evergreen tree, with deep green glossy needles and a picturesque, rounded, informal growth habit. The perfect selection for wind break planting and protection from salt ladened winds. A good screening tree, it can reach over 20m in height at maturity, so consideration should be given to its planting location.
This is a popular tree, with an upright and bushy habit which is perfect year-round screening in its pleached form. Its large leaves are elliptical, shiny and bright green and have small, sweet-smelling, white flowers, which grow in vertical racemes, followed by small, cherry-like fruit.
The Viburnum Lucidum originates from south of Europe. It grows into a large shrub with dark green, shiny leaves. These can be up to 10 cm in length and 4 cm wide and are ovate with a pointed end. It grows into a dense, busy and rounded habit and produces cymes of small white, fragrant flowers in late winter, which stay in bloom until mid-spring. This tree also produces small, bluish-black berries in autumn.
Ideal for screening due to its symmetrical habit, density and lack of pruning requirements. The glossy green leaves are smooth rather than spikey. The autumn berries provide colour and food for birds. Grows well in well-drained soil, is drought tolerant, needs partial sun.

This is a popular tree, with an upright and bushy habit which is perfect year-round screening in its pleached form. Its large leaves are elliptical, shiny and bright green and have small, sweet-smelling, white flowers, which grow in vertical racemes, followed by small, cherry-like fruit.
A compact, small sized evergreen tree with camellia-like olive-green leaves that looks attractive in pleached form. It bears large clusters of white flowers in late summer. A tough performing species that will thrive on most soils, but avoid waterlogged areas






















