Trade Hedging Suppliers
We grow and supply Hedging plants and instant Hedges to landscapers, landscape architects and garden designers, as well as major construction firms.
At Deepdale Trees, we’re specialist growers of hedging plants and instant hedging, grown and dispatched from our UK nursery. We’re an established and well-respected nursery based in Bedfordshire, supplying customers nationwide and into Europe. We provide:
- Fast-growing evergreen hedging such as Laurel
- Quick privacy screening with fast growing conifers
- More formal, long lasting hedges like Yew and the popular Portuguese Laurel
Discuss available hedging and how to order
You can order hedging plants direct from our team or you’re welcome to visit our nursery (by prior arrangement), please complete our trade application form to access exclusive trade pricing.
With years of experience growing hedging and trees and we can help you choose the right hedge for your space or project.
We grow hedges that are suitable for a variety of locations, including exposed, dry and coastal locations. Our instant hedging options delivers immediate impact in any garden. For more help choosing then speak to our team.
What type of hedging is best for your landscaping project?
Our Instant Hedging is available from 0.5m to 12.0m in height and is sold as individual plants that have been carefully clipped over many years to create a dense rectangular form. When used in residential projects, a single species is often utilised. Carpinus betulus, Fagus sylvatica or Taxus baccata are all hardy and deliver that dense, classic look.
We have also worked on many projects where smaller hedging plants have been preferred to our instant, pre-clipped plants. These have included mixed native species such as Crataegus, Cornus and Corylus. Readily available from 1.5m in height, our Mixed Hedges are valuable habitats for wildlife, offering year round interest.
What are the benefits of Air-Pot® Container Grown Hedging?
The Air-Pot® system prevents root spiraling and helps our trees to develop an undisturbed and highly fibrous root system, maximizing water and nutrient absorption. Air-Pot® containerised plants can be supplied all year round and when planted have much increased transplant resilience and significantly reduced transplant shock. The flat bottomed shape of the root system also makes Air-Pot® trees extremely stable when planted.
If you know what you need give us a call or book a visit to find the perfect hedging for your next project.
Our expert team is always on hand to offer information and advice, talking you through the best possible options for your needs.
Choose the right hedging plants, grown the right way
Planting decisions increasingly sit alongside environmental and supply chain requirements. The UK’s domestic tree and plant supply is often under scrutiny because of plant health risks and procurement standards, the Plant Healthy certification scheme is designed to improve biosecurity practice across ornamental horticulture and forestry supply chains.
Hedging Questions & Answers
Who are the best trade hedging suppliers for instant hedging in the UK?
The best trade hedging suppliers are those who can consistently provide the right sizes, species and forms, with good availability and project support. At Deepdale Trees, we supply instant hedging (pre-clipped for dense form) and hedging plants for professional landscaping and construction clients, with advice available from our expert team when needed. If you’re working to a deadline, using a specialist trade hedging supplier can help reduce risk around plant selection and programme fit.
What is instant hedging and why do landscapers choose it for trade projects?
Instant hedging is established hedging grown and clipped over years to create a dense, rectangular structure, giving fast visual improvements and screening once planted. Deepdale’s instant hedging is available from typical less than a metre up to over 12m in height.
What types of hedging are best for commercial landscaping?
For many residential and commercial projects, a single species is chosen for the way the hedging looks and grows consistently. Some examples include Carpinus betulus, Fagus sylvatica and Taxus baccata, which are hardy and deliver a dense, classic look. For biodiversity weighted designs, mixed native hedges can offer year round interest and a good habitat for wildlife. Deepdale Trees has supplied mixed native species such as Crataegus, Cornus and Corylus to trade customers. A good trade hedging supplier can advise on whether uniform screening or mixed habitat value best suits the brief.
Can a trade hedging supplier provide hedging all year round?
Some production systems are better suited to year-round supply. For example, Deepdale Trees notes that Air-Pot® container grown hedging can be supplied all year round, plus the system helps develop a fibrous root structure that supports water and nutrient absorption. This also helps reduce transplant shock, so you need more certainty with your supplied stock, ask us what is available year round and what lead times are, especially for large quantities or specific heights.
Hedging facts
When you’re specifying hedging, whether for boundary, roadside screening or a commercial development, it helps to understand the wider UK context. New mapping by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) (1) , using aerial laser scanning (LiDAR), estimates there are 390,000 km of hedgerows (1–6 metres tall) on field boundaries in England, enough to go around the world almost 10 times!
Mapping (1) shows major regional variation in hedgerow density
- South West leads for density, with Cornwall averaging 5.1 km of hedgerow per 1 km²
- Some of the lowest densities (excluding major urban areas) include Surrey (1.2 km), Hampshire (1.5 km), Berkshire (1.7 km) per 1 km²
Restoration of 30,000 miles of hedgerows
The UK Government has committed to support farmers to create or restore 30,000 miles of hedgerows by 2037 and 45,000 miles by 2050 (2)
Hedgerows were lost up until the 1990s
UKCEH reports that approximately half of Britain’s hedgerows were lost between the 1940s and 1990s, mostly in England and largely due to development and agricultural intensification (1)
Hedging & Ornamentals worth £1.7bn a year
UK ornamentals were worth £1.7bn in 2024 (official UK horticulture statistics (3) )
The environmental horticulture & landscaping industry supported 722,000 jobs in 2023
The environmental horticulture & landscaping industry supported 722,000 jobs in 2023 (4)
The size of the UK agriculture sector is vast
UK agriculture has 209,000 farm holdings using 17m hectares of land (5)