Nicholsons Hedging in partnership with Bicester Avenue Garden Centre
The Garden Centre Group is delighted to announce the opening of The British Hedging Shop at Bicester Avenue Garden Centre where customers are able to buy the full range of hedging by the renowned hedging specialist Nicholsons. The hedging shop holds over 20 hedging varieties, with 2000 plants, and the area is divided into categories of Native Hedging and Evergreen Hedging.
Founded in 1979, Nicholsons is a well-established family plant nursery renowned for quality plants and service, specialising in hedging plants. Their 25 acre Oxfordshire nursery is situated in the village of North Aston near Bicester. They grow over 80,000 trees, hedging, screening plants and garden plants annually.
There are many benefits to planting a hedge:
• Screening
• Wildlife haven / corridor
• Backdrop to a border
• Windbreak
• Design feature
• Noise reducer
Special offers at The British Hedging Shop
Hedging provides a great all year round feature as well as being beneficial for a wide range of wildlife. If you're thinking about planting a hedge then take a look at our special offers:
- Buy 9 plants and get the 10th FREE on our 8 ltr Native Hedging selection.
- Spend over £300 on the Nicholsons Hedging range and receive a 10% discount.
Some of the best hedge types are described below, all of which are available to buy at The British Hedging Shop, Bicester Avenue Garden Centre.
Saxon mix
This traditional English hedgerow mix is one of our best-selling lines. It is based on a 60% hawthorn content supported by a blend of different varieties of other native shrubs - robust and quick-growing.
Beech/Hornbeam
These plants make great screening as they hold their winter leaves until the new growth starts in the spring. Therefore you get the benefit of an evergreen hedge without looking at green all year round! Hornbeam will cope with the heavier clays in which beech will struggle. These hedges are suitable for a formal clipped appearance.
Other / informal
Informal hedges tend more towards the ornamental, but still create effective screening and shelter. They can be planted with a variety of fruiting and flowering species, for instance Forsythia, Ribes, hybrid shrub roses, Potentilla, Cotoneaster etc. One trim a year is sufficient for many of these species.
Evergreen hedging
Remember that it will always be green! They will serve a purpose, great for screening, but also consider the following:
- Could the evergreen hedge be worked into a more interesting shrubbery mix rather than just the one species?
- Can you plant a border in front of the hedge?
- Could you break up the hedge line with an ornamental tree or two?
Evergreen hedging plants to consider are Buxus, Cupressocyparis, Cotoneaster, Berberis, Ilex, Escallonia, Prunus laurocerasus, Prunus lusitanica and Pyracantha.
