Hedging
Leylandi Cypress
Fast growing, pretty and lush, deer resistant & drought tolerant! Extremely hardy and easy to grow. Requires yearly maintenance to keep Leylandi at a specific height and width. If left to be, Leylandi can grow up to 40-50 feet tall. Growth rate: 3 feet per year. For a quick, filling in hedge, plant 3 feet apart. Makes for a BRILLIANT SOUND BARRIER! Do not tolerate standing water.
California Lilac Victoria
A dense, fast growing shrub with glossy green leaves and powder blue flowers! Perfect for screening and can be easily pruned into a hedge (prune after flowering). A good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard. Deer resistant once established. Grows up to 9 feet tall and if left without pruning, 12 feet wide. Does best in well drained soil, full sun to part shade (too much shade will lead to disappointing flower production).
Escallonia Pink Princess
Nearly year-around flowers! Finely textured, glossy, deep green leaves. Thrives in coastal conditions! A great choice for screening or hedge plant - responds well to shearing. Full sun to part shade lover, fast growing, grows to 6 feet tall. Usually ignored by deer especially once established.
Pieris Japonica (afternoon shade for best results)
Great as a part shade, (afternoon shade) informal, deer resistant hedge. Takes well to pruning. Year around interest!
”Mountain Fire”: Grows to 11 feet tall, 7 feet wide if left unpruned
”Forest Flame”: Grows to 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide.
“Katsura”: compact, pink flowers and wine-red new growth that matures to green! 4-5’ tall and wide.
Cryptomeria Japonica Yoshino
Cryptomeria Japonica Yoshino
FLUFFY texture, a strong grower and DEER RESISTANT! GROWS IN SUN AND SHADE!! Fast growing! Yoshino makes a beautiful specimen by itself, but even more impressive in a row. Grows to about 35 feet tall and 15 wide, takes well to pruning.
Hedging
Fairy Magnolias!
Michelia doltsopa “Fairy Magnolia”
A BRILLIANT, HARDWORKING, HERO OF A PLANT!
Bushy evergreens, covers itself in a blanket of fragrant flowers in spring and sporadically produces spot flowers throughout summer and all winter.
Fast growing, 9-12 tall and 5-7 wide.
Deer and drought resistant once established.
Greencrest Mirjam Cypress
Bright green with a lime green variegation! Foliage has a fine texture, fast growing and DEER RESISTANT. Grows 10-12 feet tall, 3-4 feet wide. Prefers full sun and well drained soil. Hardier and faster growing than the Lemon Cypress.
Cryptomeria Elegans: colour changing hedge!
Dense, soft feathery like, green foliage. FAST growing, DEER RESISTANT and takes well to pruning! Can easily be sheared into a hedge that changes into a plum-red in winter! Full sun and well drained soil preferred and can grow up to 35 feet if let be.
Strawberry tree/Arbutus Unendo
Commonly known as Strawberry Tree, Arbutus unendo compacta is best known as an ornamental, evergreen shrub or small tree. However it can also be used to great effect as a formal or informal hedge! From fall to mid-winter, a profusion of drooping white clusters of fragrant, bell-shaped flowers (enjoyed by hummingbirds) gets pollinated by bees and one inch fruit appear in winter. Fruit ripen to red over 12 months. Bark peels and flakes! Grows 6-10 feet tall, needs good drainage. Full sun to part shade. Medium growing rate.
Cephalotaxus harringtonia “fastigiata”/Japanese Plum Yew
Cephalotaxus harringtonia “fastigiata”/Japanese Plum Yew
A dramatic mid-size focal point, HEDGE/SCREEN or in clusters. DEER and DROUGHT resistant once established. Not only can it handle full sun, but does great in part shade or light shaded areas!
A STRIKING upright conifer. 10’ tall and 5’ wide.
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Leylandi Cypress “ Shorty”
THE PERFECT HEDGE.
Deer & drought resistant.
Grows incredibly fast up to 5‘ tall, 2’ wide.
If left unpruned will slowly reach 10-12’ tall, 4’ wide.
No browning on foliage in winter.
Low maintenance!