Hedges

A garden hedge is a living wall created by planting a row of shrubs or trees closely together and training them to grow into a dense, continuous barrier.

Here is why they make an excellent addition to any garden:

Key Benefits

  • Natural Privacy: They create an organic screen that blocks unwanted views from neighbours or the street.

  • Wind and Noise Reduction: The thick foliage absorbs street sounds and acts as a buffer against harsh winds.

  • Property Boundaries: They offer a softer, more attractive alternative to traditional wood or metal fencing, and can be grown in front of a fence to hide it from view.

  • Wildlife Habitat: Hedges provide vital shelter, nesting sites, and food for birds and beneficial insects.

  • Visual Appeal: They add structure, rich green textures, and sometimes beautiful seasonal flowers or berries to your landscape.

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Structured Hedges

Lilly Pillys (Acmena, Syzygium, Waterhousia)

A versatile, evergreen Australian Native, Lilly Pillys are a perfect hedging or screening plant with white to cream flowers and some varieties growing an edible berry. These plants have a variety of heights and tolerances to frost and drought, so make sure you pick a cultivar that is right for your location.

Growing conditions:

  • Full sun - part shade

  • Low - High frost tolerance (dependant on cultivar)

  • Moderate- high drought tolerance once established (dependant on cultivar)

Cultivars available at Tree Sales:

Vibernum odoratissimum

A fast-growing ornamental evergreen shrub, with white flowers in spring. Grows 3m-5m high and between 0.9-3m wide depending on cultivar.

Growing conditions:

  • Full sun - part shade

  • Moderately frost tolerant

  • Moderate drought tolerance once established

Cultivars available at Tree Sales:

  • Dense Fence ( 3m-5m high, 2m-3m wide, Low frost tolerance)

  • Thin Fence (1.3m-3m high, 0.9m-1.6m wide, Low frost tolerance)

Coco Magnolia

An ornamental evergreen shrub, with moderate growth rate and cream flowers from spring to summer, the Coco Magnolia grows 3m-5m high and 2-3m wide with dense foliage.

Growing conditions:

  • Part shade

  • Moderately frost tolerant

  • Moderate drought tolerance once established

Cultivars available at Tree Sales:

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Callistemons

Known for their vibrant and attractive "bottlebrush" flowers, Callistemons are attractive, versatile and hardy woody shrubs commonly ranging between 2m-6m tall and 2m-3m wide. They respond well to pruning and can be pruned into a hedge, or tree-formed by pruning away lower branches. Prune annually just behind spent flowers. Flowers come in a wide range of colours including pink, red, white, yellow and orange.

Growing conditions:

  • Full sun for the most flowers, but will tolerate everything except full shade.

  • Most species are frost tolerant

  • Most species have high drought tolerant once established

Cultivars available at Tree Sales:

Melaleuca

A dense narrow evergreen shrub, fast growing with cream brush-like flowers in Spring.

Growing conditions:

  • Full sun

  • Moderately frost tolerant

  • High drought tolerance once established

Cultivars available at Tree Sales:

  • Space Saver (Melaleuca Armillaris - 2m-4m high, 1m-1.5m wide)

  • Snow in Summer (Melaleuca linariifolia - 6m-10m high, 6m-8m wide)

Leptospermum

A tall tree with weeping foliage which can be pruned into a hedge suitable for providing larger screening. Grows 5m-10m tall with a 3m-6m wide canopy with white flowers in Spring.

Growing conditions:

  • Full sun

  • Moderately frost tolerant

  • Moderate drought tolerance once established

Cultivars available at Tree Sales:

 
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