Bare root hedging plants

[Mark C]

I need to buy about 1500 hawthorn hedge plants. Anyone got any good suggestions for where to buy?

Also @Clive is it worth having a stewardship section for topics and ideas about where to source capital items and seed etc for CSS and mid tier agreements ?

 

[solo]

I’ve been very pleased with hawthorn bareroot plants from this company. Used them about five times over the last decade. https://www.farmforestry.co.uk/

 

[upnortheast]

Local company to us - http://www.treesplease.co.uk/

 

[HarryB97]

I use this firm every year, always good stock and service

Hedge Nursery UK, Hedge Plants, Garden Hedging, Bare Root

Hedge Nursery offers over 50 species of garden, landscape and farm hedging plants, as bare root, pot grown, root ball or instant hedging.

www.hedgenursery.co.uk

 

[Exfarmer]

I used to be in the business, do your best to buy British stock, buy the smallest you can, please do not use plastic tree guards, which are guaranteed to give you a leggy hedge, and lastly , but most important, do NOT take them out of the bag before you have a hole to drop them in.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I would go for some a bit bigger than standard , they get away quicker and more hardy .
And run down with the tanker a few times in very dry spells

 

[cb387]

http://www.wyevalenurseries.co.uk/

 

[Exfarmer]

I would go for some a bit bigger than standard , they get away quicker and more hardy .
And run down with the tanker a few times in very dry spells

The bigger they are the easier they fail.
just make sure nothing can eat them, such as rabbits , hares, dear etc.
keep them watered

 

[nick...]

Had thousands from hopes grove nurseries in kent
Nick...

 

[Treecreeper]

Don't go for too big a plant, 2nd year saplings are better in my opinion, any thing older seems slower to establish. Plant in good time whilst still dormant. Protection is vital, trim very lightly to promote thickening after a couple of seasons growth. Leave in the bag if you are unable to plant immediately but leave open to avoid sweating .

 

[Werzle]

Ashridge trees.

 

[JonL]

British hardwood tree nursery supplied me good quality trees and hedging

 

[JD 6610]

British Hardwood Tree Nursery for me as well. Always good quality and service. Get competitive prices from them.

 

[S J H]

Acorn nurseries at Emberton

 

[Chasingmytail]

there are loads on the net. If you look up Frank Matthews where most are grown there is a list of stockists on there https://www.frankpmatthews.com/stockists/online-stockists

 

[Exfarmer]

Acorn nurseries at Emberton

sadly I don't think they grow much themselves

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Don't go for too big a plant, 2nd year saplings are better in my opinion, any thing older seems slower to establish. Plant in good time whilst still dormant. Protection is vital, trim very lightly to promote thickening after a couple of seasons growth. Leave in the bag if you are unable to plant immediately but leave open to avoid sweating .

I would plant them in the ground in the garden before I got round to planting them, rather than keep in the bags, when I worked for Wyevale we used to call it putting them in the plunge

 

[Exfarmer]

I would plant them in the ground in the garden before I got round to planting them, rather than keep in the bags, when I worked for Wyevale we used to call it putting them in the plunge

Excellent advice, when I was in the business the number of complaints we had about dead plants , but when you asked about whether they followed the advice on keeping the roots damp you normally had a very flustered reply.
One man took 250,000 a year for several years and he always was very happy with the quality.
Another who had 25,000 which all died admitted he knew nothing about how the plants were handled as had been off skiing and he used a ganger to put the trees in, We would not replace them a second the next year

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Excellent advice, when I was in the business the number of complaints we had about dead plants , but when you asked about whether they followed the advice on keeping the roots damp you normally had a very flustered reply.
One man took 250,000 a year for several years and he always was very happy with the quality.
Another who had 25,000 which all died admitted he knew nothing about how the plants were handled as had been off skiing and he used a ganger to put the trees in, We would not replace them a second the next year

and when I plant them, I am OCD about letting the roots dry out when I am up in the hedge, I don't know if that matters, but I make sure they don't get dry.

 

[onthehoof]

I need to buy about 1500 hawthorn hedge plants. Anyone got any good suggestions for where to buy?

Also @Clive is it worth having a stewardship section for topics and ideas about where to source capital items and seed etc for CSS and mid tier agreements ?

Buckingham nurseries always good plants and service www.hedging.co.uk
Order 500 at a time and they won’t be hanging around, free delivery