What plants are best for hedges?

All the passionate gardeners always try to make their gardens look beautiful. While planning for their garden there are various questions in their mind like What plants are best for hedges, What Bush blooms all year? In this post, I will try to answer some of these questions.

What plants are the best hedges?

Choosing the best hedges depends on the various factors like:

  • Purpose of planting hedges i.e. you need to plant hedges that provide you privacy or you need to add some color to your garden or both. If you are looking for hedges that can color to the garden then planting flowering hedges like Cornelian cherry, Royal Star Magnolia, Cherry Laurel, Teton Firethorn, etc. is the best option.

  • Climatic Conditions: Choose the hedges wisely because you need to figure out which hedges will be able to survive in the climatic conditions and environment.

  • Growth Rate: It is a very important factor while selecting the hedges. Hedges with fast growth rate need more care and maintenance so it is essential for you to know the average growth rate of the hedges.

After analyzing all the above factors don’t forget to think about evergreen or deciduous hedges which hedges you are looking for. 

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