| Description | Rosa floribunda
Hannah Gordon features multi headed white flowers edged and flushed in red/pink colour. Repeat flowering and fragrant.
8"/20cm pot - approx 3ft tall (90cm)
Available online ONLY - Not in store. | Quercus robur
English Oaks are famous for being solid and strong. The trunk and secondary branches are very solid and are covered in thick blackish-grey bark which makes it quite a sight.
The autumn foliage is a rich, dark brown. As the foliage is smaller than other deciduous trees, fallen leaves are not particularly difficult to eliminate and will not clog drains.
10"/25cm pot | A box hedging plant for the difficult garden. Box Leaf Privet are a great option for tall, narrow, non-flowering hedges.
• Grows in any soils providing it's moderately draining
• Does not like shady areas but will tolerate drought and frost
• Fast growing |
| Content | Roses are easily one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants. Numerous different cultivars have been produced over the last two centuries although roses have been grown for millennia before their popularity bloomed. Renown for their flowers and beauty they are also loved for other reasons such as their fruit, the rose hip which can be made into an old fashioned jam or for garden uses such as ground covers and hedging.
Roses range in size and variety from your standard and bush roses right up there with your climbers and weeping varieties, amongst all their beautiful colour, variety and hardy nature there is bound to be the perfect rose out there for your garden. | | Why buy Box Leaf Privet?
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Box Leaf Privet is one of the most popular hedging plants as it grows all year round, it will grow in almost any soil or conditions, and if it is kept trimmed it looks as good or better than English Box. Box Leaved Privet loves hot sunny positions (they don’t do well in a shady corner) and almost any soil as long as it is moderately well drained.
To create a dense bushy low hedge or border you only need to plant 4 plants per metre. Box Leaf Privet loves plenty of water, regular fertilising and regular trimming. Given these are provided, you will find that you can create a dense fine traditional or English Box style border in just one full growing season with very little cost.
- Great for hedging and low borders
- Fast growing
- Drought and frost tolerant
Chris says: “For a fast growing box hedge that is versatile and hardy, you can’t go past the Box Leaf Privet. This attractive border plant is drought, salt AND frost tolerant and will grow in both full sun or part shade. It is a fantastic alternative that will look just as good if not better than the English Box. ”
Check out our Box Leaf Privet fact sheet for more info.
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| Additional information | | |
| botanical-name |
Ligustrum undulatum
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| height-x-width |
Up to 1.2 metres, or trimmed lower, can grow a 2-3foot hedge in 12 months
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| planting-distance |
For border: 4 per metre For dense bushy hedge or border
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| features |
Rich green lush foliage, which will give a traditional style finish but grow very quickly
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| conditions |
Will grow in very poor or heavy soils, full sun to part shade, trim regularly to promote bushy growth and maintain formal shape
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| landscape-use |
Low borders and medium hedges, excellent for formal landscapes or edging and topiary
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