Hedges

Question 1

Answer 1

Taxus baccata
(Common Yew)

a medium-sized bushy evergreen tree
Foliage: Evergreen
Hardiness: H7
Fam

Taxus are small evergreen trees or large shrubs of rounded habit, with dense, linear leaves, insignificant flowers and, on female plants, conspicuous fleshy red arils surrounding the solitary seeds

Question 2

Answer 2

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Golden Wonder’
(Lawson’s cypress ‘Golden Wonder’)

A vigorous evergreen tree to 20m
Foliage: Evergreen
Hardiness: H6
Family

Chamaecyparis are evergreen trees, usually of narrowly ovoid or columnar outline, with much-branched sprays of small scale-like leaves, and small, globose cones; tiny red male cones are conspicuous in a few cultivars

Question 3

Answer 3

Ligustrum ovalifolium ‘Aureum’
(golden privet)

A dense, large evergreen shrub of erect habit
Foliage: Evergreen
Hardine

Ligustrum can be decidous or evergreen shrubs or small trees, with simple, entire leaves and panicles of small, often unpleasantly scented white flowers in spring or summer, followed by black or deep purple berries

Question 4

Answer 4

Cuprocyparisleylandii’Castlewellan’
(Leyland cypress ‘Castlewellan’)

A vigorous columnar evergreen conifer to 25m or more
Foliage: Evergreen

Cuprocyparis are large, very fast-growing evergreen trees of narrowly conical or columnar habit, with tiny scale-like leaves in dense sprays, and small spherical cones

Question 5

Answer 5

Fagus sylvatica Atropurpurea Group
(copper beech)

Large deciduous trees
Foliage: Deciduous
Hardiness: H6
Family: Fagaceae

Fagus are large deciduous trees with smooth grey bark, ovate leaves colouring well in autumn, and inconspicuous flowers followed by usually spiny fruits

Question 6

Answer 6

Crataegus monogyna
(common hawthorn)

A small, rounded deciduous tree
Foliage: Deciduous
Hardiness: H7
Family:

Crataegus are deciduous trees and shrubs, usually with spiny branches, lobed or toothed leaves, and clusters of creamy-white flowers followed by red or black fruits. Some have fine autumn colour

Question 7

Answer 7

Carpinus betulus
(common hornbeam)

A large deciduous tree
Foliage: Deciduous
Hardiness: H7
Family: Betulac

Carpinus are deciduous shrubs and trees with attractive foliage and hop-like fruit clusters in late summer and autumn

Question 8

Answer 8

Prunus spinosa
(blackthorn)

A small thorny deciduous tree
Foliage: Deciduous
Hardiness: H7
Family: R

Prunus can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs with showy flowers in spring, and often good autumn foliage colour. Some have edible fruit in autumn, and a few species have ornamental bark

Question 9

Answer 9

Rosa rugosa
(Rose ‘rugosa’)

A tough, easy to grow rose
Foliage: Deciduous
Hardiness: H7
Family: Ro

Rugosa roses are upright shrubs with very prickly stems bearing handsome, glossy, wrinkled foliage and fragrant, single or semi-double flowers in summer and autumn, often followed by large, tomato-like red hips